Ceramic, Tile & Sanitaryware Manufacturing worked example

Slip Casting Cycle Time at 21% mold handling and demolding allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the slip casting cycle time calculation on the strong side: 21% mold handling and demolding allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. a sanitaryware casting team is scheduling molds and operators for a casting, drain, demold, or finishing window

The inputs for this scenario

  • Sanitaryware pieces or molds to cast: 96 pieces (unchanged)
  • Casting completion rate: 0.32 pieces / min (unchanged)
  • Mold handling and demolding allowance: 21 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 18)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base casting time = sanitaryware pieces or molds to cast รท casting completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 363 min for required slip casting cycle time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 300 min for base casting time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 21 % for mold handling allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.32 pieces / min for casting completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where mold handling and demolding allowance sits at 18% and the headline result is 354 min, this scenario comes in 2.54% above the baseline at 363 min.
  • Use it when planning a casting shift, sizing mold or bench capacity, or quoting a lead time for a sanitaryware run. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Required slip casting cycle time: 363 min (headline result)
  • Base casting time: 300 min
  • Mold handling allowance applied: 21 %
  • Casting completion rate: 0.32 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Slip Casting Cycle Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.