Heat Treatment, Furnaces & Thermal Processing worked example

Load Thermocouple Workload at 23% tc setup allowance: a worked example

Push tc setup allowance up to 23% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when load TCs, survey TCs, trailing thermocouples, or data loggers must be prepared for furnace qualification or production monitoring.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Load thermocouples to prepare: 24 thermocouples (unchanged)
  • Thermocouple prep rate: 8 thermocouples / hr (unchanged)
  • TC setup allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base load thermocouple hours = load thermocouples to prepare รท thermocouple prep rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.69 hr for required load thermocouple workload, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 hr for base thermocouple hours.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for tc setup allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 thermocouples / hr for thermocouple prep rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where tc setup allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 3.6 hr, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 3.69 hr.
  • It computes the labor hours required to prepare a given number of load thermocouples, including a setup allowance. 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

  • Required load thermocouple workload: 3.69 hr (headline result)
  • Base thermocouple hours: 3 hr
  • TC setup allowance applied: 23 %
  • Thermocouple prep rate: 8 thermocouples / hr

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.