Circular Economy, Recycling & Remanufacturing worked example
Refurbishment Capacity at 62% refurbishment cell availability: a worked example
Suppose refurbishment cell availability falls to 62%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate good refurbished output from workcell cycles, units per cycle, availability, and refurbishment first-pass yield.
The inputs for this scenario
- Refurbished units completed per cycle: 3 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
- Available refurbishment cycles: 420 cycles (held at the documented default)
- Refurbishment cell availability: 62 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 86)
- Refurbishment first-pass yield: 91 % (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross refurbishment capacity = refurbished units completed per cycle × available refurbishment cycles.
- Good refurbishment capacity works out to 711 good units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Gross refurbishment capacity works out to 1,260 good units at these inputs.
- Refurbishment Capacity lost to downtime works out to 479 good units at these inputs.
- Refurbishment Capacity lost to rejects or rework works out to 70.31 good units at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where refurbishment cell availability sits at 86% and the headline result is 986 good units, this scenario comes in 27.91% below the baseline at 711 good units.
- It computes good refurbishment capacity by multiplying units-per-cycle and available cycles, then derating that gross figure by cell availability and first-pass 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
- Good refurbishment capacity: 711 good units (headline result)
- Gross refurbishment capacity: 1,260 good units
- Refurbishment Capacity lost to downtime: 479 good units
- Refurbishment Capacity lost to rejects or rework: 70.31 good units
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Refurbishment Capacity calculator, set refurbishment cell availability to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.