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Weight, density & cutting

Weight and cost of plates, pipes and shapes; material density and weight; bar and sheet cutting plans; scrap value.

Metal weight and cost

Calculate the weight and cost of plates, bars, ASME pipe and angles in steel, stainless, aluminum and other metals, and build a bill of materials.

Plates, pipes, bars, shapes, BOM

Scrap metal value

Fair value of a scrap lot with steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, brass and mixed material: metal content, moisture, impurities and melt loss of each, typed reference price, freight and buyer margin, value per gross ton and comparison with the offer received.

Content, losses, offer

Material density and weight

Look up the density of about 150 materials (metals, plastics, woods, liquids, fuels and bulk solids with min–max range and angle of repose), each with its source, and convert weight and volume in a box or truck body, a cylindrical tank or a conical pile.

Bulk, liquids, weight × volume

Bar cut list optimizer

Paste the part list (ID, length and quantity) and get the number of stock bars, grouped cutting patterns, kerf and trim loss, usable drops and material weight and cost. Compare up to 4 stock lengths (e.g. 20 ft and 24 ft) and a mixed plan, and use the drops already in stock first.

Bars, patterns and drops

Sheet cut list optimizer

Paste the part list (name, length, width, quantity, banded edges and, optionally, material) and get the number of sheets, a cutting layout for each sheet, yield, offcuts worth keeping, cost and edge banding length. Or tick the sheet sizes available, each with its price, and get the cheapest sheet (or mix of sheets) suggested.

Plywood, MDF, steel: sheets and offcuts