Conveyors worked example

Multi-Station Throughput at 99% station group uptime: a worked example

What does the result look like when station group uptime reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a production engineer needs to check whether a multi-station area can feed the next conveyor or process

The inputs for this scenario

  • Producing stations or lanes: 4 stations (unchanged)
  • Cycles per station-hour: 310 cycles / station-hr (unchanged)
  • Station group uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 91)
  • First-pass yield through station group: 98 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross multi-station throughput = stations × cycles per station-hour) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,203 units / hr for good multi-station throughput, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,240 units / hr for gross station throughput.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12.4 units / hr for throughput lost to downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24.55 units / hr for throughput lost to rejects.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where station group uptime sits at 91% and the headline result is 1,106 units / hr, this scenario comes in 8.79% above the baseline at 1,203 units / hr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when station group uptime is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes every station runs at the same cycle rate and shares one uptime and yield; an unbalanced group with a slow or low-yield station will produce less than this predicts.

Results at a glance

  • Good multi-station throughput: 1,203 units / hr (headline result)
  • Gross station throughput: 1,240 units / hr
  • Throughput lost to downtime: 12.4 units / hr
  • Throughput lost to rejects: 24.55 units / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Multi-Station Throughput calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.