Advanced Technical Ceramics worked example

Powder Press Yield at 99% target powder press yield: a worked example

This scenario runs the powder press yield calculation on the strong side: 99% target powder press yield, with every other input held at its documented default. a ceramic production manager wants to check whether alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, or steatite pressing output is meeting the planned yield before firing

The inputs for this scenario

  • Accepted pressed green bodies: 940 green parts (unchanged)
  • Total compacts pressed: 1,000 green parts (unchanged)
  • Target powder press yield: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Powder press yield = accepted pressed green bodies ÷ total compacts pressed × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 94 % press yield for powder press yield, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5 percentage points for yield gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 940 green parts for accepted pressed green bodies.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,000 green parts for total compacts pressed.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target powder press yield sits at 96% and the headline result is 94 % press yield, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 94 % press yield.
  • Use it for daily or per-lot press monitoring and when qualifying a new die, powder lot, or press setting against a yield benchmark. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Powder press yield: 94 % press yield (headline result)
  • Yield gap to target: 5 percentage points
  • Accepted pressed green bodies: 940 green parts
  • Total compacts pressed: 1,000 green parts

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Powder Press Yield calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.