Machine Vision & Industrial Inspection AI worked example

Vision Station Throughput at 68% vision system uptime: a worked example

Suppose vision system uptime falls to 68%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Calculate the number of good parts that a vision inspection station can produce in a shift, based on inspection rate, available shift cycles, system uptime, and first-pass yield at the station.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Parts inspected per cycle: 1 parts / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available inspection cycles per shift: 2,160 cycles / shift (held at the documented default)
  • Vision system uptime: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 94)
  • First-pass yield at inspection station: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross inspection capacity = parts per cycle x available cycles per shift.
  • Good parts throughput per shift works out to 1,425 parts at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross inspection capacity per shift works out to 2,160 parts at these inputs.
  • Parts lost to vision system downtime works out to 691 parts at these inputs.
  • Parts lost to inspection rejects works out to 44.06 parts at these inputs.

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 27.66% below the baseline at 1,425 parts.
  • It computes good parts inspected per shift by scaling gross inspection capacity down by system uptime and first-pass yield. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Good parts throughput per shift: 1,425 parts (headline result)
  • Gross inspection capacity per shift: 2,160 parts
  • Parts lost to vision system downtime: 691 parts
  • Parts lost to inspection rejects: 44.06 parts

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Vision Station Throughput calculator, set vision system uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.