Machine Vision & Industrial Inspection AI worked example

Vision Station Throughput at 99% vision system uptime: a worked example

Push vision system uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when loading a production schedule and you need to know whether the vision inspection station can clear the required volume in the available shift time.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Parts inspected per cycle: 1 parts / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available inspection cycles per shift: 2,160 cycles / shift (unchanged)
  • Vision system uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 94)
  • First-pass yield at inspection station: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross inspection capacity = parts per cycle x available cycles per shift) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,074 parts for good parts throughput per shift, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,160 parts for gross inspection capacity per shift.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 21.6 parts for parts lost to vision system downtime.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 64.15 parts for parts lost to inspection rejects.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where vision system uptime sits at 94% and the headline result is 1,969 parts, this scenario comes in 5.32% above the baseline at 2,074 parts.
  • It computes good parts inspected per shift by scaling gross inspection capacity down by system uptime and first-pass yield. 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

  • Good parts throughput per shift: 2,074 parts (headline result)
  • Gross inspection capacity per shift: 2,160 parts
  • Parts lost to vision system downtime: 21.6 parts
  • Parts lost to inspection rejects: 64.15 parts

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Vision Station Throughput calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.