Industrial machine efficiency (OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is calculated as the product of three factors: Availability (operating time/planned production time), Performance (actual output/theoretical maximum output), and Quality (good units/total units produced). Our calculator simplifies this to a single percentage for ease of use while maintaining accuracy for production planning.

Advanced techniques include: thermal analysis for optimized heating/cooling cycles, predictive maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime, servo-electric systems for faster movements, AI-driven process optimization, and advanced mold flow analysis. These can reduce cycle times by 15-40% depending on the application.

Multi-cavity molds increase initial tooling costs (typically 15-30% more per cavity) but dramatically reduce per-unit costs through higher output. The break-even point depends on production volume, with higher volumes favoring more cavities. Our calculator helps quantify these tradeoffs by showing output at different cavity counts.