Process Manufacturing worked example
Tank Fill Time at 14% lineup, sampling, and delay allowance: a worked example
Push lineup, sampling, and delay allowance up to 14% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. scheduling a tank fill, tote unload, or bulk transfer into a batch vessel
The inputs for this scenario
- Target fill volume: 3,500 gal (unchanged)
- Measured transfer/fill rate: 85 gal / min (unchanged)
- Lineup, sampling, and delay allowance: 14 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Base fill time = target fill volume รท measured fill rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 46.94 min for required tank fill time, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 41.18 min for base tank fill time.
- At this operating point the engine returns 14 % for fill allowance applied.
- At this operating point the engine returns 85 pieces / min for measured fill rate.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where lineup, sampling, and delay allowance sits at 12% and the headline result is 46.12 min, this scenario comes in 1.79% above the baseline at 46.94 min.
- It computes the realistic minutes to fill a tank by dividing target volume by measured fill rate and inflating the result by a delay allowance. 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
- required tank fill time: 46.94 min (headline result)
- base tank fill time: 41.18 min
- fill allowance applied: 14 %
- measured fill rate: 85 pieces / min
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Tank Fill Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.