Aluminum Extrusion & Profile Manufacturing worked example

Aluminum Profile Pounds per Foot Calculator at 71% accepted length or recovery adjustment: a worked example

This worked example runs the aluminum profile pounds per foot calculator numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 71% accepted length or recovery adjustment instead of the typical 98%. Estimate effective profile weight per foot from net extruded weight, measured length, and an adjustment for accepted length or recovery.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Net profile sample weight: 420 lb (held at the documented default)
  • Measured profile sample length: 1,200 ft (held at the documented default)
  • Accepted length or recovery adjustment: 71 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 98)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Measured profile pounds per foot = net profile sample weight รท measured profile sample length.
  • Effective profile pounds per foot works out to 0.25 lb/ft at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Measured profile pounds per foot works out to 0.35 lb/ft at these inputs.
  • Accepted length or recovery adjustment works out to 71 % at these inputs.
  • Measured profile sample length works out to 1,200 ft at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where accepted length or recovery adjustment sits at 98% and the headline result is 0.34 lb/ft, this scenario comes in 27.55% below the baseline at 0.25 lb/ft.
  • Use it to verify a new die's section weight, price length-based orders in metal cost, and convert between feet and pounds for capacity planning. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Effective profile pounds per foot: 0.25 lb/ft (headline result)
  • Measured profile pounds per foot: 0.35 lb/ft
  • Accepted length or recovery adjustment: 71 %
  • Measured profile sample length: 1,200 ft

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Aluminum Profile Pounds per Foot Calculator calculator, set accepted length or recovery adjustment to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.