Conveyors worked example
Conveyor Speed with required throughput of 2,300 parts / hr: a worked example
Push required throughput up to 2,300 parts / hr and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use when speed changes affect dwell or output.
The inputs for this scenario
- Required throughput: 2,300 parts / hr (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 900)
- Part pitch / spacing: 8 in (unchanged)
- Process zone length: 18 ft (unchanged)
- Target dwell time: 90 sec (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Throughput speed = parts per minute × part spacing) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 25.56 ft / min for throughput speed, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 12 ft / min for dwell speed.
- At this operating point the engine returns 38.33 parts / min for parts per minute.
- At this operating point the engine returns 42.26 sec for dwell at throughput speed.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where required throughput sits at 900 parts / hr and the headline result is 10 ft / min, this scenario comes in 156% above the baseline at 25.56 ft / min.
- It computes the belt speed in ft/min needed to meet a parts-per-hour target at a given part pitch, and separately the speed needed to keep parts in a process zone for a target dwell time. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.
Results at a glance
- Throughput speed: 25.56 ft / min (headline result)
- Dwell speed: 12 ft / min
- Parts per minute: 38.33 parts / min
- Dwell at throughput speed: 42.26 sec
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Conveyor Speed calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.