Printing, Labels & Industrial Converting worked example

Liner Waste at 99% expected press uptime: a worked example

Push expected press uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when liner waste in printing, labels and industrial converting is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Liner waste produced per press cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available press cycles in the run: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Expected press uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • Expected liner first-pass yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross liner waste capacity = liner waste output per cycle × available liner waste cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good liner waste capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross liner waste capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for liner waste downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for liner waste yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected press uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • It computes good liner capacity by taking output per cycle times available cycles, then discounting for uptime and first-pass yield. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Good liner waste capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross liner waste capacity: 1,920 units
  • Liner waste downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Liner waste yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Liner Waste calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.