Bottling, Canning & Filling Lines worked example

Case Packer Output at 99% case packer uptime and packing efficiency: a worked example

Push case packer uptime and packing efficiency up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a case packer, tray packer, or cartoner is suspected of limiting finished goods output

The inputs for this scenario

  • Accepted cases packed in the run: 3,900 cases (unchanged)
  • Case packer producing runtime: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Case packer uptime and packing efficiency: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 88)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Raw effective case packer output = accepted cases packed รท case packer producing runtime) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 483 cases / hr for effective case packer output, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 488 cases / hr for raw effective case packer output.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 99 % for case packer uptime and packing efficiency.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for case packer producing runtime.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where case packer uptime and packing efficiency sits at 88% and the headline result is 429 cases / hr, this scenario comes in 12.5% above the baseline at 483 cases / hr.
  • It computes effective cases-per-hour by dividing accepted cases by producing runtime, then multiplying by an uptime-and-efficiency factor. 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

  • Effective case packer output: 483 cases / hr (headline result)
  • Raw effective case packer output: 488 cases / hr
  • Case packer uptime and packing efficiency: 99 %
  • Case packer producing runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Case Packer Output calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.