Paint, Resin & Polymer Compounding worked example

Drum/tote Fill Throughput at 63% fill line uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the drum/tote fill throughput numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 63% fill line uptime instead of the typical 88%. Estimate good drum and tote fills per shift from fills per cycle, available cycles, fill line uptime, and first-pass fill yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Containers filled per cycle: 1 containers / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available fill cycles: 420 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Fill line uptime: 63 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 88)
  • First-pass fill yield: 98 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross fill capacity = fills per cycle * available fill cycles.
  • Good fill output works out to 259 containers at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross fill capacity works out to 420 containers at these inputs.
  • Fill line downtime loss works out to 155 containers at these inputs.
  • Fill reject loss works out to 5.29 containers at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fill line uptime sits at 88% and the headline result is 362 containers, this scenario comes in 28.41% below the baseline at 259 containers.
  • Use it for daily or shift production planning, capacity promises to customers, or diagnosing whether uptime or yield is limiting a drum or tote line. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Good fill output: 259 containers (headline result)
  • Gross fill capacity: 420 containers
  • Fill line downtime loss: 155 containers
  • Fill reject loss: 5.29 containers

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Drum/tote Fill Throughput calculator, set fill line uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.