Ceramic, Tile & Sanitaryware Manufacturing worked example

Tile Press Throughput at 63% expected tile press uptime: a worked example

Suppose expected tile press uptime falls to 63%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate good pressed tile output per shift from press strokes, tiles per stroke, uptime, and green first-quality yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Tiles formed per press stroke: 2 tiles / stroke (held at the documented default)
  • Available press strokes in the shift: 14,500 strokes / shift (held at the documented default)
  • Expected tile press uptime: 63 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 88)
  • Expected green first-quality yield: 94 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross pressed tile output = tiles formed per stroke × available press strokes.
  • Good green tile throughput works out to 17,174 good green tiles at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross pressed tile output works out to 29,000 good green tiles at these inputs.
  • Pressed tiles lost to press downtime works out to 10,730 good green tiles at these inputs.
  • Pressed tiles lost to green defects works out to 1,096 good green tiles at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected tile press uptime sits at 88% and the headline result is 23,989 good green tiles, this scenario comes in 28.41% below the baseline at 17,174 good green tiles.
  • It computes good green tile throughput per shift by applying press uptime and green first-quality yield to the gross output of cavities times available strokes. 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

  • Good green tile throughput: 17,174 good green tiles (headline result)
  • Gross pressed tile output: 29,000 good green tiles
  • Pressed tiles lost to press downtime: 10,730 good green tiles
  • Pressed tiles lost to green defects: 1,096 good green tiles

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Tile Press Throughput calculator, set expected tile press uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.