Rubber, Tires, Foam & Elastomer Manufacturing worked example

Compound Moisture Risk with moisture defect severity rating of 3 score: a worked example

Suppose moisture defect severity rating falls to 3 score. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate compound moisture risk for rubber, tires, foam and elastomer manufacturing using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Moisture defect severity rating: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Moisture ingress occurrence rating: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Moisture detection difficulty rating: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Compound moisture risk score = compound moisture risk severity score × compound moisture risk occurrence score × compound moisture risk detection score.
  • Compound moisture risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Compound moisture risk severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Compound moisture risk occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Compound moisture risk detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where moisture defect severity rating sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • It multiplies severity, occurrence, and detection ratings into a single moisture-risk priority score for a given failure mode. 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

  • Compound moisture risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Compound moisture risk severity score: 3 score
  • Compound moisture risk occurrence score: 4 score
  • Compound moisture risk detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Compound Moisture Risk calculator, set moisture defect severity rating to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.