Printing, Labels & Industrial Converting worked example

Liner Waste at 65% expected press uptime: a worked example

Suppose expected press uptime falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate liner waste for printing, labels and industrial converting using production-ready inputs so teams can confirm whether capacity can cover demand before committing the schedule.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Liner waste produced per press cycle: 4 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available press cycles in the run: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Expected press uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • Expected liner first-pass yield: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

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

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 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 units.
  • It computes good liner capacity by taking output per cycle times available cycles, then discounting for uptime and first-pass yield. 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

  • Good liner waste capacity: 1,211 units (headline result)
  • Gross liner waste capacity: 1,920 units
  • Liner waste downtime loss: 672 units
  • Liner waste yield loss: 37.44 units

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Liner Waste calculator, set expected press uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.