Select a value to solve in the multiplier model, or estimate cost per casting with the yield model. Enter your own metal price, alloy density where needed, tooling cost, and production assumptions.

Choose the value to solve. Enter part mass, or leave mass blank and enter both volume and alloy density. All amounts must use one currency; no market prices or process yields are assumed.

Enter mass, or supply both volume and density below. If all three are entered, they must agree.

Required with density when mass is blank; otherwise optional.

Use the density for your alloy. Blank omits volume conversion when mass is known.

1 means material only; 1.3 adds 30% to material cost. Enter your own assumption.

Enter 0 if no tooling cost is allocated.

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Aluminium Casting Cost Formula

The following formulas are used to estimate aluminium casting cost per casting (using a simple material-plus-tooling model):

Cost per casting = W ร— P ร— C + (M) / (F)\ W = (V ร— ฯ) / (1000)

Variables:

  • Cost is the estimated cost per casting (in your chosen currency)
  • W is the casting weight (kg)
  • P is the aluminium price per kilogram (currency/kg)
  • C is a dimensionless cost multiplier (e.g., 1.0 for material-only; 1.3 adds 30% for overhead/labor, etc.)
  • M is the mold/tooling cost (currency)
  • F is the number of castings produced from the mold (castings)
  • V is the casting volume (cmยณ), used only to estimate weight
  • ฯ is the alloy density (g/cmยณ)

For the yield model, net mass is V ร— ฯ / 1000, poured mass is net mass divided by (yield / 100), and cost per casting is poured mass ร— price + tooling / quantity. This model excludes labor, energy, machining, taxes, and scrap recovery credit. For the multiplier model, to estimate cost per casting: calculate material cost (W ร— P), apply the cost multiplier (ร— C), then add the allocated mold/tooling cost per casting (M รท F). If you do not know weight, you can estimate it from volume using W = (V ร— ฯ) รท 1000 (because cmยณ ร— g/cmยณ = g, and 1000 g = 1 kg).

What Is Aluminium Casting Cost?

Aluminium casting cost refers to the money spent to produce aluminium parts by pouring molten aluminium into a mold and allowing it to cool and solidify. Costs can include raw aluminium, melting and casting energy, labor, scrap and yield loss, tooling/pattern costs (often amortized across the number of parts), equipment maintenance, and quality control. Design complexity, part size/weight, and production quantity can significantly affect the final cost.