Wire Harness, Cable & Electromechanical Assembly worked example

Wire Stripping Cycle Time at 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the wire stripping cycle time calculation on the strong side: 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when wire stripping cycle time in wire harness, cable and electromechanical assembly is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Wire ends to strip: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Wire ends stripped per minute: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base wire stripping cycle time = wire stripping cycle time workload รท wire stripping cycle time completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required wire stripping cycle time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base wire stripping cycle time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for wire stripping cycle time allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for wire stripping cycle time completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, handling, and delay allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • Use it when planning a strip station's capacity, quoting cut-and-strip labor, or checking a stripping operator against a target rate. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Required wire stripping cycle time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base wire stripping cycle time: 10 hr
  • Wire stripping cycle time allowance applied: 12 %
  • Wire stripping cycle time completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Wire Stripping Cycle Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.