Industrial Cleaning, Washing & Parts Cleanliness worked example

Basket Loading Density at 25% orientation and handling allowance: a worked example

What does the result look like when orientation and handling allowance reaches 25%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when changing basket patterns, part orientation, or load size affects washer throughput and cleanliness risk.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Basket positions or loads to prepare: 52 loads (unchanged)
  • Basket loading completion rate: 0.75 loads / min (unchanged)
  • Orientation and handling allowance: 25 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 22)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base basket loading time = basket positions or loads to prepare รท basket loading completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 86.67 min for required basket loading time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 69.33 min for base basket loading time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25 % for orientation and handling allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.75 pieces / min for basket loading completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where orientation and handling allowance sits at 22% and the headline result is 84.59 min, this scenario comes in 2.46% above the baseline at 86.67 min.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when orientation and handling allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The allowance is an average; delicate, easily-nested, or blind-feature parts that need careful single-layer orientation can exceed it, so validate the rate with a time study on your actual part mix.

Results at a glance

  • Required basket loading time: 86.67 min (headline result)
  • Base basket loading time: 69.33 min
  • Orientation and handling allowance: 25 %
  • Basket loading completion rate: 0.75 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.