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Cure Time Capacity Calculator
Count the complete cure cycles and accepted parts that fit your production window. Enter a qualified cure hold, separate handling and stops, accepted parts per cycle and the order target.
What this calculator does
- Count complete accepted foam parts from a qualified cure hold, measured handling time and an explicit production window.
Formula used
- Available minutes = scheduled production minutes − separate stop minutes; complete station cycle = qualified cure hold + separate handling time
- Complete cure cycles = floor(available minutes ÷ complete station cycle)
- Accepted output = complete cure cycles × accepted parts per cycle
- Cure station availability % = available minutes ÷ scheduled production minutes × 100
- Accepted part target margin = accepted output − accepted part target
Inputs explained
- Scheduled Production Time: Minutes allocated to this cure station in the production plan.
- Separate Stop Time: Stops outside the repeated cure and handling sequence.
- Qualified Cure Hold: Approved hold duration for this material, mold and process condition.
- Separate Handling Time: Measured loading, unloading and reset time outside the cure hold.
- Accepted Parts per Cycle: Whole accepted parts per completed cycle from comparable qualified records.
- Accepted Part Target: Required accepted parts within the same production window.
How to use the result
- Best suited to qualified mold cycle Planning, cure station downtime review.
- Qualified hold time is an input; the calculation does not predict cure chemistry, demold safety or material properties. Parallel molds, staggered starts and later post-cure operations require separate scheduling.
Current U.S. benchmarks
- The producer price index for plastic resins and materials stands at 280.569 (BLS, Aug 2026), up 6.6% from a year earlier. Quotes priced off last quarter's material cost miss this move.
Common questions
- Can I shorten the cure time to meet demand? Only an independently qualified process change can justify a shorter hold. This arithmetic does not establish cure completion or safe demolding.
- Why is there no yield percentage? Accepted parts per cycle already exclude rejected parts. Applying another yield percentage would deduct rejects twice.
- Does handling overlap the cure hold? No. This model adds nonoverlapping cure and handling times at one station. Use another schedule for overlapping or parallel operations.
- Do incomplete cycles count toward output? No. Only whole station cycles that finish inside the available window contribute accepted parts.
Last reviewed 2026-10-01.