Industrial Cleaning, Washing & Parts Cleanliness worked example

Drying Cycle Time at 23% handling and temperature recovery allowance: a worked example

Push handling and temperature recovery allowance up to 23% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when wet parts, blind holes, or rinse carryout make drying the constraint after washing.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Baskets or loads to dry: 48 loads (unchanged)
  • Drying completion rate: 0.28 loads / min (unchanged)
  • Handling and temperature recovery allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base drying cycle time = baskets or loads to dry รท drying completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 211 min for required drying cycle time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 171 min for base drying cycle time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for handling and temperature recovery allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.28 pieces / min for drying completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where handling and temperature recovery allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 206 min, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 211 min.
  • It computes the required minutes to dry a batch of baskets or loads at a given completion rate, padded by a handling and temperature-recovery 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 drying cycle time: 211 min (headline result)
  • Base drying cycle time: 171 min
  • Handling and temperature recovery allowance: 23 %
  • Drying completion rate: 0.28 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.