Does this predict billet core temperature?

No. It schedules a campaign using a qualified recipe and measured completion performance.

Can I change billet size without changing the reference?

Only if the qualified recipe and observed completion rate still apply. Otherwise use a matched reference run.

Keep routine unloading in the observed run time. Add only separate handling delays as extra transfer time.

They make the completion-rate basis visible and let you use the actual production record instead of an unexplained rate.

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Schedule a billet-heating campaign from measured completion records, extra transfer time and the available production window.

Schedule a billet-heating campaign from measured completion records, extra transfer time and the available production window.

Observed completion rate = reference loads ÷ reference run time
Projected heating run time = planned loads × reference run time ÷ reference loads
Extra hours = (setup minutes + additional transfer minutes) ÷ 60
Required campaign time = projected run time + extra hours
Window remaining = available campaign hours − required campaign hours

Forge Loads to Heat: Whole loads required by this campaign.
Observed Completed Loads: Loads completed by the same qualified heating recipe.
Observed Heating Run Time: Elapsed time covering those completed reference loads.
Extra Transfer and Handling: Additional handling excluded from the measured reference duration.
Campaign Setup Time: Measured setup time required before this heating campaign.
Available Campaign Window: Time available for heating, setup and additional transfer.

Best suited to less transfer time shortens the Campaign, more transfer time exceeds the shift.
This rate projection does not calculate temperature uniformity or qualify a heating recipe.

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Does this predict billet core temperature? No. It schedules a campaign using a qualified recipe and measured completion performance.
Can I change billet size without changing the reference? Only if the qualified recipe and observed completion rate still apply. Otherwise use a matched reference run.
Where should routine unloading time go? Keep routine unloading in the observed run time. Add only separate handling delays as extra transfer time.
Why enter observed count and time? They make the completion-rate basis visible and let you use the actual production record instead of an unexplained rate.

Last reviewed 2026-10-06.