What does 7075 aluminum cost per pound?

The 7075-T6 aluminum example part

The reference block is 4 × 3 × 1 inches with a pocket and six holes. Purchased blank weight is larger than finished weight, so the stock price is applied to what the shop buys. A thin aerospace wall, a large billet or a required temper certificate can change the material share substantially.

How the quantity break works

Machining is nearly as important as pounds. 7075 cuts close to 6061 in the catalog, but the toolpath, cutter condition and tolerance still set the cycle. At one piece, setup dominates. At 100 pieces, the expensive stock and repeated minutes are visible in the unit price.

What the material or process changes

7075 may be selected for strength, not price. Ask for temper, direction, certification and any stress-relief requirement. Anodize, chemical film and freight are excluded from this base table and should be explicit if the customer needs them.

How to turn this into a firm quote

When a buyer compares 6061 and 7075, show both engine outputs with the same geometry. That makes the material decision concrete and keeps a cheaper grade from being suggested where the mechanical requirement does not allow it.

• 7075 machining
• 6061 price per pound

Questions to settle before release

Record temper, grain direction, certification, blank size and freight with the 7075 price. Ask whether the part needs stress relief before finishing and whether anodize changes the fit. A large billet can make purchased weight far larger than finished weight, while a full-bar discount may not apply to a small cut. Those stock facts belong beside the computed machining table.

For this 7075 aluminum price per pound estimate, use the first production run as a check on this estimate. Capture actual setup minutes, cycle minutes, material weight and outside invoices, then update the shop rate or example part assumption that was wrong. That small feedback loop is more useful than rounding every quote upward. It also gives the next estimator a concrete explanation when the customer asks why a repeat job moved.

For the 7075 line, record temper and grain direction because a cheaper blank can be the wrong blank. The final release should preserve the drawing revision, stock source and inspection decision with the computed table.