Fastener Manufacturing & Thread Rolling worked example

Sort Machine Output at 94% sorter efficiency after stops: a worked example

This scenario runs the sort machine output calculation on the strong side: 94% sorter efficiency after stops, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when planning thread, head, length, washer presence, crack, mix, or visual sorting capacity before shipment.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Accepted sorted fasteners: 60,000 pieces (unchanged)
  • Actual sorter run time: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Sorter efficiency after stops: 94 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 82)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Raw sorting rate = accepted sorted fasteners รท actual sorter run time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7,050 units / hr for effective sorter output, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7,500 units / hr for raw sorting rate.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 94 % for sorter efficiency.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for sorter run time.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where sorter efficiency after stops sits at 82% and the headline result is 6,150 units / hr, this scenario comes in 14.63% above the baseline at 7,050 units / hr.
  • Use it when rating a sorting machine or planning a 100% inspection or sort job and you need a realistic, sustainable pieces-per-hour figure. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Effective sorter output: 7,050 units / hr (headline result)
  • Raw sorting rate: 7,500 units / hr
  • Sorter efficiency: 94 %
  • Sorter run time: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Sort Machine Output calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.