Machine Vision & Industrial Inspection AI worked example
Camera Cycle Time at 14% setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance: a worked example
What does the result look like when setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance reaches 14%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when scheduling production runs and you need to confirm that the camera inspection station can clear a batch within the available shift time.
The inputs for this scenario
- Production batch size: 2,400 parts (unchanged)
- Camera inspection rate: 18 parts / min (unchanged)
- Setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance: 14 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Base inspection time = batch size / inspection rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 152 hr for total inspection time including allowance, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 133 hr for base inspection time.
- At this operating point the engine returns 14 % for setup and stoppage allowance added.
- At this operating point the engine returns 18 pieces / min for camera inspection rate.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance sits at 12% and the headline result is 149 hr, this scenario comes in 1.79% above the baseline at 152 hr.
- A figure at this level is achievable when setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a single steady inspection rate, so mixed part families or a rate that degrades as fixtures soil will make the real time longer than the estimate.
Results at a glance
- Total inspection time including allowance: 152 hr (headline result)
- Base inspection time: 133 hr
- Setup and stoppage allowance added: 14 %
- Camera inspection rate: 18 pieces / min
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Camera Cycle Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.