Ceramic, Tile & Sanitaryware Manufacturing worked example

Slip Casting Cycle Time at 13% mold handling and demolding allowance: a worked example

Suppose mold handling and demolding allowance falls to 13%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate total slip casting time for sanitaryware molds from casting workload, mold output rate, and handling allowance.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Sanitaryware pieces or molds to cast: 96 pieces (held at the documented default)
  • Casting completion rate: 0.32 pieces / min (held at the documented default)
  • Mold handling and demolding allowance: 13 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 18)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base casting time = sanitaryware pieces or molds to cast รท casting completion rate.
  • Required slip casting cycle time works out to 339 min at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base casting time works out to 300 min at these inputs.
  • Mold handling allowance applied works out to 13 % at these inputs.
  • Casting completion rate works out to 0.32 pieces / min at these inputs.

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 4.24% below the baseline at 339 min.
  • It computes the required slip casting cycle time by dividing pieces by the casting completion rate and adding a percentage allowance for mold handling and demolding. 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

  • Required slip casting cycle time: 339 min (headline result)
  • Base casting time: 300 min
  • Mold handling allowance applied: 13 %
  • Casting completion rate: 0.32 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Slip Casting Cycle Time calculator, set mold handling and demolding allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.