Printed Electronics & Flexible Hybrid Electronics worked example

Inspection Capacity at 65% inspection station uptime: a worked example in printed electronics & flexible hybrid electronics

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop inspection station uptime to 65%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Inspection Capacity tells you how many good, dispositioned panels an AOI or optical inspection cell can actually clear in a run, not just how many it theoretically touches.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Panels inspected per index cycle: 4 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Inspection cycles available per shift: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Inspection station uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • Inspection first-pass yield: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross inspection capacity capacity = units per cycle × available cycles.
  • Good output capacity works out to 1,211 units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross capacity works out to 1,920 units at these inputs.
  • Uptime loss works out to 672 units at these inputs.
  • Yield loss works out to 37.44 units at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where inspection station uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 units.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to inspection station uptime, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It assumes uptime and yield are stable averages; a single web break or a substrate lot with heavy registration drift will blow past these figures for that run.

Results at a glance

  • Good output capacity: 1,211 units (headline result)
  • Gross capacity: 1,920 units
  • Uptime loss: 672 units
  • Yield loss: 37.44 units

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Inspection Capacity calculator, set inspection station uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.