Rubber, Tires, Foam & Elastomer Manufacturing worked example

Cure Press Capacity at 99% expected press uptime: a worked example in rubber, tires, foam & elastomer manufacturing

What does the result look like when expected press uptime reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when cure press capacity in rubber, tires, foam and elastomer manufacturing is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cured units produced per press cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Press cycles available in the period: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Expected press uptime (availability): 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • Expected first-pass cure yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross cure press capacity = cure press capacity output per cycle × available cure press capacity cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good cure press capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross cure press capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for cure press capacity downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for cure press capacity 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.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when expected press uptime is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It combines uptime and yield as flat multipliers, so it will not show whether a bad number comes from breakdowns or from scrap — check each loss line separately.

Results at a glance

  • Good cure press capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross cure press capacity: 1,920 units
  • Cure press capacity downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Cure press capacity yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.