Pultrusion & Continuous Composite Profiles worked example

Line OEE at 68% performance factor: a worked example in pultrusion & continuous composite profiles

Suppose performance factor falls to 68%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Line OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) measures how much of a pultrusion line's planned time actually produces good profile at rated speed.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Actual line running time: 420 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Planned production time: 480 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Performance factor (actual vs rated pull speed): 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)
  • Quality factor (first-pass good profile): 98 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Line OEE = operating time รท planned time.
  • Effective availability works out to 58.31 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base availability works out to 87.5 % at these inputs.
  • Performance factor works out to 68 % at these inputs.
  • Quality factor works out to 98 % at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where performance factor sits at 95% and the headline result is 81.46 %, this scenario comes in 28.42% below the baseline at 58.31 %.
  • It computes base availability from running time over planned time, then multiplies by the performance and quality factors to give effective OEE. 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 availability: 58.31 % (headline result)
  • Base availability: 87.5 %
  • Performance factor: 68 %
  • Quality factor: 98 %

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Line OEE calculator, set performance factor to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.