Packaging Automation & End-of-Line Systems worked example
Packaging Line Balance with station rate of 28 cases / min: a worked example
Suppose station rate falls to 28 cases / min. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Compare a packaging station rate against the line target rate to see how well balanced the line is and where it is starved or backed up.
The inputs for this scenario
- Station rate: 28 cases / min (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 55)
- Line target rate: 60 cases / min (held at the documented default)
- Unit conversion factor: 1 x (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Line balance ratio = station rate รท line target rate.
- Line balance ratio works out to 0.47 x at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Station to target ratio works out to 0.47 value at these inputs.
- Unit conversion factor works out to 1 x at these inputs.
- Line target rate works out to 60 value at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where station rate sits at 55 cases / min and the headline result is 0.92 x, this scenario comes in 49.09% below the baseline at 0.47 x.
- It divides a station's rate by the line target rate and applies a unit conversion factor to report a balance ratio. 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
- Line balance ratio: 0.47 x (headline result)
- Station to target ratio: 0.47 value
- Unit conversion factor: 1 x
- Line target rate: 60 value
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Packaging Line Balance calculator, set station rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.