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Torque Audit Time at 23% access and documentation allowance: a worked example

Push access and documentation allowance up to 23% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when maintenance, quality, dealer prep, or final assembly must verify bolted joints for safety, warranty, or customer requirements.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Torque checkpoints: 180 checks (unchanged)
  • Torque audit completion rate: 45 checks / hr (unchanged)
  • Access and documentation allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base torque audit time = torque checkpoints รท torque audit completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4.92 hr for adjusted torque audit time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 hr for base torque audit time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for access and documentation allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 45 pieces / min for torque audit completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where access and documentation allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 4.8 hr, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 4.92 hr.
  • It computes adjusted torque audit time by dividing checkpoints by the completion rate and adding an allowance for access and documentation. 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

  • Adjusted torque audit time: 4.92 hr (headline result)
  • Base torque audit time: 4 hr
  • Access and documentation allowance: 23 %
  • Torque audit completion rate: 45 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.