Thermal Spray, Hardfacing & Wear Coatings worked example

Booth Utilization at 68% target booth utilization rate: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop target booth utilization rate to 68%, then walk the calculation through step by step. A thermal spray booth is a capital-heavy asset with hoods, dust collection, robots and acoustic enclosure, so idle booth time is expensive.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Booth hours actually spraying: 8 units (held at the documented default)
  • Total booth hours available: 250 units (held at the documented default)
  • Target booth utilization rate: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Booth Utilization rate = affected amount รท total amount.
  • Rate works out to 3.2 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gap to target works out to 64.8 points at these inputs.
  • Affected count works out to 8 count at these inputs.
  • Total count works out to 250 count at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target booth utilization rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to target booth utilization rate, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Utilization alone does not judge whether the work being run is profitable; a fully utilized booth running low-margin parts is still a business problem.

Results at a glance

  • Rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Gap to target: 64.8 points
  • Affected count: 8 count
  • Total count: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Booth Utilization calculator, set target booth utilization rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.