Building Materials Manufacturing worked example

Aggregate Moisture Adjustment with scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction of 250 tons: a worked example

What does the result look like when scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction reaches 250 tons? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a batch plant needs to adjust wet aggregate weight against the oven-dry mix design

The inputs for this scenario

  • Scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction: 250 tons (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Moisture correction multiplier from stockpile test: 1.04 x (unchanged)
  • Target oven-dry aggregate weight: 104 tons (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Aggregate Moisture Adjustment = scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction × correction multiplier) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 260 tons corrected aggregate for aggregate moisture adjustment, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 156 value for aggregate moisture adjustment gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 value for scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.04 x for moisture correction multiplier from stockpile test.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction sits at 100 tons and the headline result is 104 tons corrected aggregate, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 260 tons corrected aggregate.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes the moisture multiplier from the stockpile test is current and uniform; if moisture varies across the pile or has changed since the test, the correction will be off.

Results at a glance

  • Aggregate Moisture Adjustment: 260 tons corrected aggregate (headline result)
  • Aggregate Moisture Adjustment gap to target: 156 value
  • Scale-ticket aggregate weight before moisture correction: 250 value
  • Moisture correction multiplier from stockpile test: 1.04 x

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Aggregate Moisture Adjustment calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.