State the measurement basis
An hourly raw-vegetable feed rate is not the same as recovered juice or filled output. Extraction losses, reject streams and recipe additions change the mass balance. Ask the quotation to state the material and measurement point for every capacity figure.
Include batch and cleaning time
For a mixing tank, working volume, loading, heating, discharge and cleaning all influence available output. A large vessel does not guarantee a high hourly production rate when the longest operation is elsewhere in the process.
Find the bottleneck
Compare receiving, preparation, extraction, holding and packing against the intended production schedule. Buffer tanks can absorb short variations but cannot fix a permanent capacity mismatch. Share shift length and changeover frequency with the required output.
