Advanced Technical Ceramics worked example

Powder Press Yield at 69% target powder press yield: a worked example

This worked example runs the powder press yield numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 69% target powder press yield instead of the typical 96%. Calculate usable pressed green-body yield for ceramic powder pressing from accepted compacts, total pressed compacts, and the production yield target.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Accepted pressed green bodies: 940 green parts (held at the documented default)
  • Total compacts pressed: 1,000 green parts (held at the documented default)
  • Target powder press yield: 69 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 96)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Powder press yield = accepted pressed green bodies ÷ total compacts pressed × 100.
  • Powder press yield works out to 94 % press yield at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Yield gap to target works out to -25 percentage points at these inputs.
  • Accepted pressed green bodies works out to 940 green parts at these inputs.
  • Total compacts pressed works out to 1,000 green parts at these inputs.

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. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Powder press yield: 94 % press yield (headline result)
  • Yield gap to target: -25 percentage points
  • Accepted pressed green bodies: 940 green parts
  • Total compacts pressed: 1,000 green parts

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Powder Press Yield calculator, set target powder press yield to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.