Industrial Valves, Actuators & Flow Control calculator
Valve Body Casting Yield Calculator
Use this calculator to measure valve body casting yield and compare it against your target. It divides accepted (good) castings by total castings poured and shows how far you are from your yield goal. Quality engineers and foundry managers use this to monitor supplier performance, trigger corrective action requests, and forecast scrap allowances for production planning.
What this calculator does
- Calculate valve body casting yield rate and gap to target from accepted castings vs. total castings poured, helping foundry and quality teams track performance and trigger corrective actions.
- Use this when tracking foundry performance on valve body castings, reporting yield to management, or deciding whether a casting supplier needs a corrective action request.
- Turns accepted valve body castings, total valve body castings poured, target casting yield into a rate for valve body casting yield in industrial valves, actuators and flow control.
Formula used
- Casting yield rate = accepted castings / total castings poured x 100
- Gap to target = casting yield rate - target yield
Inputs explained
- Accepted valve body castings: Count castings that passed all inspections: visual, dimensional, NDT (radiography, dye penetrant, or magnetic particle), and hydrostatic soundness. Exclude any rework or repaired castings if your standard requires first-pass acceptance.
- Total valve body castings poured: Count all castings poured in the same period, including rejects, scraps, and those still pending inspection. Use the same lot or time window for both counts.
- Target casting yield: Enter the quality target from your foundry agreement, internal KPI, or production plan. Common targets: 85% to 95% for investment castings, 90% to 98% for sand castings depending on complexity.
How to use the result
- Use it when valve body casting yield in industrial valves, actuators and flow control is being reviewed against a KPI.
- Trend matters more than a single snapshot; pull the result for the last several periods before you act.
Common questions
- What problem does this valve body casting yield calculator solve? Calculate valve body casting yield rate and gap to target from accepted castings vs. total castings poured, helping foundry and quality teams track performance and trigger corrective actions. You get a rate you can defend before quoting, scheduling, or sign-off.
- Where do I get the inputs for this industrial valves, actuators and flow control calculator? accepted valve body castings, total valve body castings poured, target casting yield usually move the rate most. Pull from measured industrial valves, actuators and flow control runs, supplier data, and recent quotes rather than memory.
- What do I do with this number? Use the gap to target to prioritize the next industrial valves, actuators and flow control kaizen or corrective action.
- What should I double-check before acting? Confirm the counts came from the same time window and the same scope; mismatched scope is the most common error.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.