Aluminum Extrusion & Profile Manufacturing worked example

Extrusion Press Cycle Output Calculator at 94% press operating efficiency: a worked example

Push press operating efficiency up to 94% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a press supervisor needs to know whether a press can make enough profile output in the available run time

The inputs for this scenario

  • Completed extruded profile output: 18,500 units (unchanged)
  • Extrusion press runtime: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Press operating efficiency: 94 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 82)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Raw press output rate = completed extruded profile output รท extrusion press runtime) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,174 lb/hr or ft/hr for effective press cycle output, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,313 lb/hr or ft/hr for raw press output rate.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 94 % for press operating efficiency.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for extrusion press runtime.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where press operating efficiency sits at 82% and the headline result is 1,896 lb/hr or ft/hr, this scenario comes in 14.63% above the baseline at 2,174 lb/hr or ft/hr.
  • Computes the raw press output rate (completed output divided by runtime) and the effective press cycle output after applying operating efficiency. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Effective press cycle output: 2,174 lb/hr or ft/hr (headline result)
  • Raw press output rate: 2,313 lb/hr or ft/hr
  • Press operating efficiency: 94 %
  • Extrusion press runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Extrusion Press Cycle Output Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.