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What does 17-4 PH stainless cost per pound?
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17-4 PH stainless is $7.30 per pound for a small lot in this catalog; the example turned pin quotes at $304.45 for one, $43.90 each at 10, and $20.71 each at 100. Slow cutting, setup and inspection make the finished quote much higher than raw stock, especially on a short run. Name the steel condition and certificate with the supplier quote.
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The 17-4 PH stainless example part
The example part is a two-inch pin from 1.5-inch round stock, with a drilled end and groove. The purchased bar is heavier than the finished part, and the condition—annealed, H900 or H1150—changes how it cuts. A real quote should name the condition and certificate requirement.
How the quantity break works
Material cost is only one line. 17-4’s machinability factor is 0.25 in the catalog, so cycle minutes and tool management matter. At a prototype quantity, setup and programming dominate; at a production quantity, the alloy price and repeat cycle become more visible.
What the material or process changes
Aging, passivation, grinding and inspection may follow machining. They are not silently included in the table. Add them as outside processes with their own minimums and lead days so the buyer can see why a finished part costs more than a raw bar.
How to turn this into a firm quote
Use the per-pound figure as an editable shop input. If your distributor quotes a cut piece or a different diameter, update the material assumption and rerun our pricing engine; do not bury the change inside markup.
Questions to settle before release
Capture the 17-4 condition, diameter, cut length, heat number and freight with the stock quote. Ask whether aging, passivation, grinding or hardness testing follows machining. The material price alone cannot predict those services, and the machinability factor makes tool planning important. A dated stock input plus our pricing engine route gives the buyer a number that can be updated without losing its assumptions.
For this 17 4 stainless price per pound estimate, the estimate is strongest when the handoff includes the drawing revision, stock quote date and acceptance plan. Save those details with the quantity break. If the buyer changes one requirement, rerun the affected operation and leave the other lines intact. This keeps a revision discussion factual and prevents an old material or finish assumption from surviving in a new price.
For the 17-4 price line, use the supplier’s cut-piece rule and note when the volume tier starts. The final release should preserve the drawing revision, stock source and inspection decision with the computed table.
Pricing engine output for the stated Stainless 17-4 PH CNC turning example part
- • Material: Stainless 17-4 PH; the US catalog stores its small-lot price and machinability factor.
- • Process: CNC turning; setup, machine time, deburring and inspection are generated from the example-part geometry.
- • Markup: 30% default US catalog markup; quantities are 1, 10, 100.
- • Fictional 2 in turned part from 1.5 in bar; one drilled end hole and one groove.
- • No outside finish, tax, freight, or customer-specific rate is included.
- • These are computed examples, not supplier quotes or market averages.
| Qty | Setup min (lot) | Cycle min (part) | Cost / part | Quoted / part | Lot price | Lead days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 123.3 | 4.8 | $234.19 | $304.45 | $304.45 | 9 |
| 10 | 123.3 | 4.8 | $33.77 | $43.90 | $439.00 | 9 |
| 100 | 123.3 | 4.8 | $15.93 | $20.71 | $2071.00 | 10 |
Sources and limits
Claims are dated where they can change. Product calculations are examples from the stated inputs, not a promise about a customer's quote. Competitor wording is attributed to the source shown.
- The figures are computed from the stated example part and US catalog assumptions.
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