Bulk Solids, Mining, Aggregates & Material Processing worked example

Moisture Correction at 65% dryer or processing line uptime: a worked example

Suppose dryer or processing line uptime falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate moisture correction for moisture correction for bulk solids, mining, aggregates, and material processing using plant-floor material, production, quality, capacity, or cost inputs.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Dry-weight tonnage per drying or screening cycle: 18 tons / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available drying or correction cycles in the period: 240 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Dryer or processing line uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • First-pass moisture-spec yield: 96 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross moisture correction = moisture correction output per cycle × available moisture correction cycles.
  • Moisture Correction works out to 2,696 tons at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross moisture correction works out to 4,320 tons at these inputs.
  • Moisture Correction uptime loss works out to 1,512 tons at these inputs.
  • Moisture Correction yield loss works out to 112 tons at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where dryer or processing line uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 3,732 tons, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 2,696 tons.
  • It computes net dry-corrected saleable tonnage by multiplying per-cycle output and available cycles by uptime and first-pass moisture-spec yield. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Moisture Correction: 2,696 tons (headline result)
  • Gross moisture correction: 4,320 tons
  • Moisture Correction uptime loss: 1,512 tons
  • Moisture Correction yield loss: 112 tons

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Moisture Correction calculator, set dryer or processing line uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.