Advanced Technical Ceramics worked example

Technical Ceramic Capacity Gap at 99% press and kiln equipment uptime: a worked example

Push press and kiln equipment uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a capacity planner needs to check whether the ceramic line can support a forecast or customer order quantity

The inputs for this scenario

  • Good parts per press or kiln cycle: 420 parts/cycle (unchanged)
  • Available press or kiln cycles: 18 cycles (unchanged)
  • Press/kiln equipment uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 86)
  • Sinter route first-pass yield: 91 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross ceramic cycle capacity = parts per cycle × available cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,811 good ceramic parts for usable ceramic capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7,560 good ceramic parts for gross ceramic cycle capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 75.6 good ceramic parts for downtime capacity loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 674 good ceramic parts for scrap and yield capacity loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where press and kiln equipment uptime sits at 86% and the headline result is 5,916 good ceramic parts, this scenario comes in 15.12% above the baseline at 6,811 good ceramic parts.
  • It computes usable good-part capacity as parts-per-cycle times available cycles, derated by equipment uptime and route yield, and splits the loss into downtime and scrap. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Usable ceramic capacity: 6,811 good ceramic parts (headline result)
  • Gross ceramic cycle capacity: 7,560 good ceramic parts
  • Downtime capacity loss: 75.6 good ceramic parts
  • Scrap and yield capacity loss: 674 good ceramic parts

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Technical Ceramic Capacity Gap calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.