Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example

Fixture Capacity at 99% fixture or pallet availability: a worked example in fixture, gauge & workholding management

Push fixture or pallet availability up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when checking whether fixture count and workholding layout can support daily or shift demand.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Accepted parts per fixture cycle: 6 parts / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available fixture cycles: 160 cycles (unchanged)
  • Fixture or pallet availability: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 88)
  • First-pass yield through fixture: 96 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross fixture capacity = accepted parts per fixture cycle × available fixture cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 912 units for good fixture capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 960 units for gross fixture capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9.6 units for fixture capacity downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 38.02 units for fixture capacity yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fixture or pallet availability sits at 88% and the headline result is 811 units, this scenario comes in 12.5% above the baseline at 912 units.
  • It computes the good (sellable) part output of a fixture by discounting gross capacity for availability and first-pass yield. 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

  • Good fixture capacity: 912 units (headline result)
  • Gross fixture capacity: 960 units
  • Fixture Capacity downtime loss: 9.6 units
  • Fixture Capacity yield loss: 38.02 units

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.