Bottling, Canning & Filling Lines worked example

Pasteurizer Capacity at 68% pasteurizer uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the pasteurizer capacity numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 68% pasteurizer uptime instead of the typical 94%. Estimate accepted bottle or can capacity through a tunnel, batch, or in-container pasteurizer.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Containers per pasteurizer cycle or tunnel section: 720 containers / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available pasteurizer cycles in the run: 60 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Pasteurizer uptime: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 94)
  • First-pass yield: 99 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross accepted pasteurizer capacity = containers per pasteurizer cycle or tunnel section × available pasteurizer cycles in the run.
  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity works out to 29,082 containers at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross accepted pasteurizer capacity works out to 43,200 containers at these inputs.
  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity uptime loss works out to 13,824 containers at these inputs.
  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity quality loss works out to 294 containers at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where pasteurizer uptime sits at 94% and the headline result is 40,202 containers, this scenario comes in 27.66% below the baseline at 29,082 containers.
  • Use it when committing run volumes, checking whether the pasteurizer limits line throughput, or sizing a tunnel against filler speed. 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

  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity: 29,082 containers (headline result)
  • Gross accepted pasteurizer capacity: 43,200 containers
  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity uptime loss: 13,824 containers
  • Accepted pasteurizer capacity quality loss: 294 containers

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Pasteurizer Capacity calculator, set pasteurizer uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.