Machine Vision & Industrial Inspection AI worked example

Camera Cycle Time at 8.64% setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance: a worked example

This worked example runs the camera cycle time numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 8.64% setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance instead of the typical 12%. Estimate total inspection time for a production batch at a camera inspection station, based on batch size, inspection rate, and an allowance for setup, calibration, and minor stoppages.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Production batch size: 2,400 parts (held at the documented default)
  • Camera inspection rate: 18 parts / min (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance: 8.64 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 12)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base inspection time = batch size / inspection rate.
  • Total inspection time including allowance works out to 145 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base inspection time works out to 133 hr at these inputs.
  • Setup and stoppage allowance added works out to 8.64 % at these inputs.
  • Camera inspection rate works out to 18 pieces / min at these inputs.

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 3% below the baseline at 145 hr.
  • Use it when scheduling an inspection cell, sizing how many vision stations a line needs, or quoting inspection turnaround on a new part. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Total inspection time including allowance: 145 hr (headline result)
  • Base inspection time: 133 hr
  • Setup and stoppage allowance added: 8.64 %
  • Camera inspection rate: 18 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Camera Cycle Time calculator, set setup, calibration, and stoppage allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.