Appliances, HVAC & White Goods Manufacturing worked example

Compressor Line Capacity Calculator at 63% compressor line uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the compressor line capacity calculator numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 63% compressor line uptime instead of the typical 88%. Estimate good compressor production capacity from compressors per cycle, available cycles, line uptime, and first-pass yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Compressors completed per line cycle: 1 compressors/cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available compressor line cycles: 2,200 cycles/shift (held at the documented default)
  • Compressor line uptime: 63 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 88)
  • First-pass compressor yield: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross compressor capacity = compressors completed per line cycle × available compressor line cycles.
  • Good compressor capacity works out to 1,344 compressors/shift at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross compressor capacity works out to 2,200 compressors/shift at these inputs.
  • Compressors lost to downtime works out to 814 compressors/shift at these inputs.
  • Compressors lost to defects or holds works out to 41.58 compressors/shift at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where compressor line uptime sits at 88% and the headline result is 1,878 compressors/shift, this scenario comes in 28.41% below the baseline at 1,344 compressors/shift.
  • Use it when setting shift targets, diagnosing where capacity is lost, or feeding a realistic supply number into a refrigeration or HVAC build schedule. 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

  • Good compressor capacity: 1,344 compressors/shift (headline result)
  • Gross compressor capacity: 2,200 compressors/shift
  • Compressors lost to downtime: 814 compressors/shift
  • Compressors lost to defects or holds: 41.58 compressors/shift

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Compressor Line Capacity Calculator calculator, set compressor line uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.