Printed Electronics & Flexible Hybrid Electronics worked example

Screen Print Cycle Time at 7.2% setup, flood and cleaning allowance: a worked example

Suppose setup, flood and cleaning allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Screen Print Cycle Time estimates how long a functional-ink print run will actually take on a screen press once you add an allowance for setup, flooding, registration checks and inter-print cleaning.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Prints (or panels) required this run: 120 units (held at the documented default)
  • Sustained press throughput: 12 units / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, flood and cleaning allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base screen print cycle time time = required work รท processing rate.
  • Adjusted run time works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base run time works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Allowance applied works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • Process rate works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, flood and cleaning allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It computes base print time as required prints divided by press throughput, then multiplies by an allowance factor to give the adjusted run time you should schedule. 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

  • Adjusted run time: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base run time: 10 hr
  • Allowance applied: 7.2 %
  • Process rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Screen Print Cycle Time calculator, set setup, flood and cleaning allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.