Aluminum Extrusion & Profile Manufacturing calculator
Aluminum Billet Yield Calculator Calculator
This calculator helps extrusion press teams understand how efficiently billet weight becomes saleable profile weight after butt, skull, saw kerf, runout scrap, and inspection rejects. It is useful for checking recovery on standard profiles, hollow dies, custom shapes, and cut-to-length orders before quoting or reviewing press performance.
What this calculator does
- Calculate billet-to-profile yield from recovered extruded weight, billet input weight, and the target recovery rate for an aluminum extrusion run.
- an extruder needs to compare actual billet recovery with the target yield for a profile run
- Shows how much billet weight became accepted profile weight for the selected extrusion run.
Formula used
- Actual billet-to-profile yield = recovered good profile weight ÷ total billet input weight × 100
- Yield gap to target = actual billet yield - target billet recovery yield
Inputs explained
- Billet Yield affected amount: undefined
- Billet Yield total amount: undefined
- Billet Yield target rate: undefined
How to use the result
- Use it after a press run, during quote review, or when comparing recovery for solid, hollow, and tight-tolerance profiles.
- The estimate depends on how scrap is classified. Keep butt length, die trial scrap, saw kerf, stretch loss, and rejected lengths consistent across runs.
Common questions
- What information do I need for billet yield? You need the accepted profile weight from the run, the total billet weight charged to the press, and the recovery target used for that alloy and profile family.
- Should I use pounds or kilograms? Use one weight unit consistently for recovered profile weight and billet input weight. The yield percentage is the same if both weights use the same unit.
- What does the billet yield result tell me? It tells you the percentage of billet weight that became good extruded product and whether that performance is above or below target.
- How can I use this for extrusion decisions? Use it to adjust quote recovery assumptions, investigate high scrap, compare die performance, or set minimum run quantities for custom profiles.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.