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Tablet Compression Yield at 99% target compression yield: a worked example
What does the result look like when target compression yield reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. A tablet press operator or QC lead needs the yield of a compression run after rejects, weight checks, and tooling-related losses.
The inputs for this scenario
- Accepted tablets: 192,000 tablets (unchanged)
- Total tablets pressed: 200,000 tablets (unchanged)
- Target compression yield: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Tablet compression yield = accepted tablets ÷ total tablets pressed × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 96 % for tablet compression yield, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3 points for yield gap to target.
- At this operating point the engine returns 192,000 tablets for accepted tablets.
- At this operating point the engine returns 200,000 tablets for total tablets pressed.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where target compression yield sits at 96% and the headline result is 96 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 96 %.
- A figure at this level is achievable when target compression yield is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It reports a single yield number and does not break out the reject reason, so a yield drop still requires defect categorization to diagnose.
Results at a glance
- Tablet compression yield: 96 % (headline result)
- Yield gap to target: 3 points
- Accepted tablets: 192,000 tablets
- Total tablets pressed: 200,000 tablets
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Tablet Compression Yield calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.