Mass Finishing, Deburring & Polishing worked example
Finish Throughput at 65% cell efficiency factor: a worked example
Suppose cell efficiency factor falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Calculate finish throughput for mass finishing, deburring & polishing planning, quoting, troubleshooting, capacity review, or process improvement.
The inputs for this scenario
- Parts finished in the run: 1,200 units (held at the documented default)
- Finishing machine runtime: 8 hr (held at the documented default)
- Cell efficiency factor: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Raw finish throughput = completed output รท runtime.
- Effective throughput works out to 97.5 units / hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Raw throughput works out to 150 units / hr at these inputs.
- Efficiency works out to 65 % at these inputs.
- Runtime works out to 8 hr at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where cell efficiency factor sits at 90% and the headline result is 135 units / hr, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 97.5 units / hr.
- It computes raw throughput as parts divided by runtime and an effective throughput by multiplying the raw rate by your efficiency factor. 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
- Effective throughput: 97.5 units / hr (headline result)
- Raw throughput: 150 units / hr
- Efficiency: 65 %
- Runtime: 8 hr
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Finish Throughput calculator, set cell efficiency factor to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.