diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/IOblendingFactor.H b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/IOblendingFactor.H
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d1ae3dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/IOblendingFactor.H
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Typedef
+    Foam::IOblendingFactor
+
+Description
+    Instance of the generic IOOutputFilter for blendingFactor.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef IOblendingFactor_H
+#define IOblendingFactor_H
+
+#include "blendingFactor.H"
+#include "IOOutputFilter.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+    typedef IOOutputFilter<blendingFactor> IOblendingFactor;
+}
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.C b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..351c48bfb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.C
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "blendingFactor.H"
+#include "dictionary.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+    defineTypeNameAndDebug(blendingFactor, 0);
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+Foam::blendingFactor::blendingFactor
+(
+    const word& name,
+    const objectRegistry& obr,
+    const dictionary& dict,
+    const bool loadFromFiles
+)
+:
+    name_(name),
+    obr_(obr),
+    active_(true),
+    phiName_("unknown-phiName"),
+    fieldName_("unknown-fieldName")
+{
+    // Check if the available mesh is an fvMesh, otherwise deactivate
+    if (!isA<fvMesh>(obr_))
+    {
+        active_ = false;
+        WarningIn
+        (
+            "blendingFactor::blendingFactor"
+            "("
+                "const word&, "
+                "const objectRegistry&, "
+                "const dictionary&, "
+                "const bool"
+            ")"
+        )   << "No fvMesh available, deactivating " << name_ << nl
+            << endl;
+    }
+
+    read(dict);
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+Foam::blendingFactor::~blendingFactor()
+{}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+void Foam::blendingFactor::read(const dictionary& dict)
+{
+    if (active_)
+    {
+        phiName_ = dict.lookupOrDefault<word>("phiName", "phi");
+        dict.lookup("fieldName") >> fieldName_;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Foam::blendingFactor::execute()
+{
+    if (active_)
+    {
+        calc<scalar>();
+        calc<vector>();
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Foam::blendingFactor::end()
+{
+    // Do nothing
+}
+
+void Foam::blendingFactor::timeSet()
+{
+    // Do nothing
+}
+
+
+void Foam::blendingFactor::write()
+{
+    if (active_)
+    {
+        const word fieldName = "blendingFactor:" + fieldName_;
+
+        const volScalarField& blendingFactor =
+            obr_.lookupObject<volScalarField>(fieldName);
+
+        Info<< type() << " " << name_ << " output:" << nl
+            << "    writing field " << blendingFactor.name() << nl
+            << endl;
+
+        blendingFactor.write();
+    }
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.H b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.H
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b86a25cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactor.H
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Class
+    Foam::blendingFactor
+
+Group
+    grpUtilitiesFunctionObjects
+
+Description
+    This function object calculates and outputs the blendingFactor as used by
+    the bended convection schemes.  The output is a volume field (cells) whose
+    value is calculated via the maximum blending factor for any cell face.
+
+
+SourceFiles
+    blendingFactor.C
+    IOblendingFactor.H
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef blendingFactor_H
+#define blendingFactor_H
+
+#include "volFieldsFwd.H"
+#include "surfaceFieldsFwd.H"
+#include "OFstream.H"
+#include "Switch.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+
+// Forward declaration of classes
+class objectRegistry;
+class dictionary;
+class polyMesh;
+class mapPolyMesh;
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+                          Class blendingFactor Declaration
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+class blendingFactor
+{
+    // Private data
+
+        //- Name of this set of blendingFactor objects
+        word name_;
+
+        //- Reference to the database
+        const objectRegistry& obr_;
+
+        //- On/off switch
+        bool active_;
+
+        //- Name of flux field, default is "phi"
+        word phiName_;
+
+        //- Field name
+        word fieldName_;
+
+
+    // Private Member Functions
+
+        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
+        blendingFactor(const blendingFactor&);
+
+        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
+        void operator=(const blendingFactor&);
+
+        //- Return the blending factor field from the database
+        template<class Type>
+        volScalarField& factor
+        (
+            const GeometricField<Type, fvPatchField, volMesh>& field
+        );
+
+        //- Calculate the blending factor
+        template<class Type>
+        void calc();
+
+
+public:
+
+    //- Runtime type information
+    TypeName("blendingFactor");
+
+
+    // Constructors
+
+        //- Construct for given objectRegistry and dictionary.
+        //  Allow the possibility to load fields from files
+        blendingFactor
+        (
+            const word& name,
+            const objectRegistry&,
+            const dictionary&,
+            const bool loadFromFiles = false
+        );
+
+
+    //- Destructor
+    virtual ~blendingFactor();
+
+
+    // Member Functions
+
+        //- Return name of the set of blendingFactor
+        virtual const word& name() const
+        {
+            return name_;
+        }
+
+        //- Read the blendingFactor data
+        virtual void read(const dictionary&);
+
+        //- Execute, currently does nothing
+        virtual void execute();
+
+        //- Execute at the final time-loop, currently does nothing
+        virtual void end();
+
+        //- Called when time was set at the end of the Time::operator++
+        virtual void timeSet();
+
+        //- Calculate the blendingFactor and write
+        virtual void write();
+
+        //- Update for changes of mesh
+        virtual void updateMesh(const mapPolyMesh&)
+        {}
+
+        //- Update for changes of mesh
+        virtual void movePoints(const polyMesh&)
+        {}
+};
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+} // End namespace Foam
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+#ifdef NoRepository
+    #include "blendingFactorTemplates.C"
+#endif
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.C b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f32ea9c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.C
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "blendingFactorFunctionObject.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+    defineNamedTemplateTypeNameAndDebug(blendingFactorFunctionObject, 0);
+
+    addToRunTimeSelectionTable
+    (
+        functionObject,
+        blendingFactorFunctionObject,
+        dictionary
+    );
+}
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.H b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.H
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2e2369ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorFunctionObject.H
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Typedef
+    Foam::blendingFactorFunctionObject
+
+Description
+    FunctionObject wrapper around blendingFactor to allow it to be created
+    via the functions entry within controlDict.
+
+SourceFiles
+    blendingFactorFunctionObject.C
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef blendingFactorFunctionObject_H
+#define blendingFactorFunctionObject_H
+
+#include "blendingFactor.H"
+#include "OutputFilterFunctionObject.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+    typedef OutputFilterFunctionObject<blendingFactor>
+        blendingFactorFunctionObject;
+}
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorTemplates.C b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorTemplates.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a284b8c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/utilities/blendingFactor/blendingFactorTemplates.C
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2013 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "gaussConvectionScheme.H"
+#include "blendedSchemeBase.H"
+#include "fvcCellReduce.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+template<class Type>
+Foam::volScalarField& Foam::blendingFactor::factor
+(
+    const GeometricField<Type, fvPatchField, volMesh>& field
+)
+{
+    const word fieldName = "blendingFactor:" + field.name();
+
+    if (!obr_.foundObject<volScalarField>(fieldName))
+    {
+        const fvMesh& mesh = refCast<const fvMesh>(obr_);
+
+        volScalarField* factorPtr =
+            new volScalarField
+            (
+                IOobject
+                (
+                    fieldName,
+                    mesh.time().timeName(),
+                    mesh,
+                    IOobject::NO_READ,
+                    IOobject::NO_WRITE
+                ),
+                mesh,
+                dimensionedScalar("0", dimless, 0.0),
+                zeroGradientFvPatchScalarField::typeName
+            );
+
+        obr_.store(factorPtr);
+    }
+
+    return
+        const_cast<volScalarField&>
+        (
+            obr_.lookupObject<volScalarField>(fieldName)
+        );
+}
+
+
+template<class Type>
+void Foam::blendingFactor::calc()
+{
+    typedef GeometricField<Type, fvPatchField, volMesh> fieldType;
+
+    if (!obr_.foundObject<fieldType>(fieldName_))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const fvMesh& mesh = refCast<const fvMesh>(obr_);
+
+    const fieldType& field = mesh.lookupObject<fieldType>(fieldName_);
+
+    const word divScheme("div(" + phiName_ + ',' + fieldName_ + ')');
+    ITstream& its = mesh.divScheme(divScheme);
+
+    const surfaceScalarField& phi =
+        mesh.lookupObject<surfaceScalarField>(phiName_);
+
+    tmp<fv::convectionScheme<Type> > cs =
+        fv::convectionScheme<Type>::New(mesh, phi, its);
+
+    const fv::gaussConvectionScheme<Type>& gcs =
+        refCast<const fv::gaussConvectionScheme<Type> >(cs());
+
+    const surfaceInterpolationScheme<Type>& interpScheme =
+        gcs.interpScheme();
+
+    if (!isA<blendedSchemeBase<Type> >(interpScheme))
+    {
+        FatalErrorIn("void Foam::blendingFactor::execute()")
+            << interpScheme.typeName << " is not a blended scheme"
+            << exit(FatalError);
+    }
+
+    // retrieve the face-based blending factor
+    const blendedSchemeBase<Type>& blendedScheme =
+        refCast<const blendedSchemeBase<Type> >(interpScheme);
+    const surfaceScalarField factorf(blendedScheme.blendingFactor(field));
+
+    // convert into vol field whose values represent the local face maxima
+    volScalarField& factor = this->factor(field);
+    factor = fvc::cellReduce(factorf, maxEqOp<scalar>());
+    factor.correctBoundaryConditions();
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //