Printed Electronics & Flexible Hybrid Electronics worked example

Squeegee Speed at 65% press efficiency: a worked example

Suppose press efficiency falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Squeegee speed is the linear rate, in feet per minute, at which a screen-printing press lays conductive ink onto flexible substrate — the master variable that sets ink deposit, edge definition, and throughput on printed-electronics lines.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Printed web length completed: 1,200 units (held at the documented default)
  • Press runtime: 8 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Press efficiency (uptime): 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Raw squeegee speed = completed output ÷ runtime.
  • Effective throughput works out to 97.5 ft / min at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Raw throughput works out to 150 ft / min at these inputs.
  • Efficiency works out to 65 % at these inputs.
  • Runtime works out to 8 hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where press efficiency sits at 90% and the headline result is 135 ft / min, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 97.5 ft / min.
  • It computes raw squeegee speed as printed length divided by runtime, then scales it by press efficiency to give the effective throughput you can actually sustain. 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

  • Effective throughput: 97.5 ft / min (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 150 ft / min
  • Efficiency: 65 %
  • Runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Squeegee Speed calculator, set press efficiency to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.