Industrial Equipment, Machinery & Capital Goods worked example

Equipment Test Stand Capacity at 94% expected test stand uptime: a worked example

This scenario runs the equipment test stand capacity calculation on the strong side: 94% expected test stand uptime, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when checking whether test stands can support FAT, debug, performance testing, or shipment dates.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Machines tested per cycle: 1 machines / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available test stand cycles: 18 cycles (unchanged)
  • Expected test stand uptime: 94 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 82)
  • First-pass test yield: 88 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross test stand capacity = machines tested per cycle × available test stand cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14.89 units for accepted test stand capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 units for gross test stand capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.08 units for test stand availability loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2.03 units for first-pass test yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected test stand uptime sits at 82% and the headline result is 12.99 units, this scenario comes in 14.63% above the baseline at 14.89 units.
  • Use it when sizing end-of-line test capacity, planning run-off schedules, or checking whether a single stand can clear a production batch on time. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Accepted test stand capacity: 14.89 units (headline result)
  • Gross test stand capacity: 18 units
  • Test stand availability loss: 1.08 units
  • First-pass test yield loss: 2.03 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Equipment Test Stand Capacity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.