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82 free calculators for mechanical design, manufacturing, GD&T, thermal systems, and shop-floor work. Browse by category or jump straight into the calculator you need.

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Mechanical Calculators

Beams, bolts, springs, gears, bearings, and core ME calculations.

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Mechanical

Gear Ratio Calculator

Gear ratio, output RPM, and torque for spur pairs, compound trains, direct ratio, speed solve, or idler trains.

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Mechanical

Beam Stress and Deflection Calculator

Six textbook beam cases: max moment, shear, stress, deflection, slope, and L/360 check with animated 2D sketches.

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Mechanical

Bolt Torque Calculator

Tightening torque or clamp load from T = K × F × d. Metric sizes, property class % proof, and reverse torque mode.

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Mechanical

Safety Factor Calculator

Factor of safety from strength ÷ stress. Yield or ultimate basis, material presets, and reverse solve modes.

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Mechanical

Motor Gearbox Selector Calculator

Motor power from load torque, or gearbox output torque from motor power, ratio, SF, and efficiency.

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Mechanical

Spring Calculator

Compression spring rate, Wahl stress, solid height by end type, and buckling checks. Metric or imperial; OD, ID, or mean diameter.

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Mechanical

Chain Drive Calculator

ANSI roller chain length, pitch diameters, wrap angle, design power, and tensile safety factor.

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Mechanical

Belt Drive Calculator

Classical, narrow, cogged, flat, timing, and poly-V belt sizing plus open/crossed length and C from L.

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Mechanical

Conveyor Power and Tension Calculator

CEMA-simplified bulk Te, motor power, and T1/T2, plus package force/torque from drum diameter.

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Wire Rope Load Calculator

Wire rope SWL and sling capacity from diameter and construction, plus rope mass and reel/drum capacity screens.

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Mechanical

Bearing Life (L10) Calculator

ISO 281 L10 and adjusted Lnm life from C, P, speed, and reliability factors a1/a2/a3.

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Mechanical

Press Fit and Shrink Fit Calculator

Lamé contact pressure, hub/shaft stress, torque and press force, yield safety factors, and shrink ΔT for interference fits.

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Mechanical

Flywheel Energy Calculator

Stored flywheel KE, tip speed, hoop-stress screen, speed-fluctuation ΔE/Cs, and material-limited specific energy.

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Mechanical

Shaft Design Calculator

Minimum shaft diameter from torsion, bending, Guest/Rankine combined, ASME Km/Kt, or twist limit. Solid or hollow.

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Mechanical

Shaft Diameter Calculator

Quick solid or hollow shaft diameter from power/RPM or torque under pure torsion, with stock size and keyway option.

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Mechanical

Critical Speed Calculator

First critical whirling speed from static sag, shaft EI geometry, or screw end-fixity, with operating-speed margin.

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Mechanical

Coupling Selection Calculator

Design torque Td from power or direct Tn, service factor Ks, and coupling family screening matrix.

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Mechanical

Bearing Load Calculator

ISO 281 equivalent dynamic load P from Fr/Fa and type factors, plus two-bearing shaft reactions.

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Mechanical

Bearing Selection Calculator

Recommend rolling-element bearing family from Fr/Fa, DN, required L10 hours, misalignment, and required dynamic C.

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Mechanical

Spur Gear Design Calculator

ISO 53 spur blank, pair a/εα, tooth proportions, Lewis bending, and Ft/Fr force triangle — six modes with 2D sketches.

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Mechanical

Helical Gear Design Calculator

ISO-style helical blank, pair a/εγ, lead, contact ratios, Lewis bending, and Ft/Fa/Fr force triangle — six modes with 2D sketches.

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Mechanical

Bevel Gear Design Calculator

Straight bevel pitch cones, blanks, mounting A, face/zv, Lewis bending, and Ft/Fa/Fr — six modes with 2D sketches.

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Mechanical

Gear Train Calculator

Multi-stage compound gear train (1–4 stages), simple+idler path, or target-RPM reverse ratio with tooth-pair search.

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Mechanical

Bolt / Fastener Strength Calculator

ISO bolt capacity: As, proof/yield/ultimate loads, FoS vs axial load, recommended preload, estimated shear.

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Mechanical

Bolt Pattern / Group Calculator

Elastic bolt-group shear: rectangular, circular, or custom pattern under Vx, Vy, eccentricity, and Mz.

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Mechanical

Key & Keyway Design Calculator

ANSI B17.1 / ISO 773 key lookup plus parallel-key shear and bearing stress check under torque.

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Mechanical

Tension Spring Calculator

Extension spring rate, initial tension, Wahl stress, and Safe/Fail. Metric or Imperial; linked OD/ID.

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Mechanical

Torsion Spring Calculator

Torsion spring angular rate, deflection, and bending stress. Metric or Imperial; moment or force × arm; linked OD/ID.

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Mechanical

Fatigue Life Calculator

Marin-corrected endurance limit with Goodman, Soderberg, and Gerber fatigue factors of safety plus Basquin life estimate.

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Mechanical

Stress Concentration Factor (Kt) Calculator

Peterson / Pilkey Kt for holes, flat-bar and shaft fillets, plus optional σmax and fatigue Kf.

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Mechanical

Column Buckling Calculator

Euler and Johnson critical buckling load, slenderness, and FOS check for compression columns.

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Pressure Vessel Calculator

Thin/thick wall stresses, Lamé inner hoop, and required thickness with joint efficiency.

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Von Mises Stress Calculator

Distortion-energy equivalent stress from plane stress, principals, or a 3D tensor, with yield check.

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Mechanical

Screw Jack Calculator

Raising and lowering torque, handle effort, efficiency, collar drag, and self-locking for screw jacks.

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Mechanical

Mohr's Circle Calculator

Plane-stress principals, max shear, principal angle, stress transformation, and von Mises from σx, σy, τxy.

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Mechanical

Vibration Natural Frequency Calculator

SDOF natural frequency from spring-mass, static sag, or pendulum, with damping and resonance check.

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Mechanical

Material Property Database

Look up and compare typical mechanical and thermal properties for steels, aluminum, copper, titanium, and polymers — Metric or Imperial.

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Fluid Power Calculators

Pneumatic and hydraulic cylinder force, and hydraulic pump sizing.

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Fluid Power

Pneumatic Cylinder Force Calculator

Extend and retract air-cylinder force from pressure, bore, and rod. Metric or Imperial, with optional friction loss.

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Fluid Power

Hydraulic Cylinder Force Calculator

Extend and retract force, areas, and optional stroke speed from pressure, bore, rod, and oil flow. Metric or Imperial.

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Fluid Power

Hydraulic Pump Selector Calculator

Size a positive-displacement hydraulic pump: drive power, output flow, or required displacement.

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Manufacturing Calculators

Welding, stamping, punch and die tooling, 3D printing, material weight, and production automation.

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Manufacturing

Metal Weight Calculator

Bar, plate, tube, washer, and structural weight plus material cost from alloy density, shape dims, quantity, and margin. Metric or Imperial with dual kg/lb.

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Manufacturing

Punch and Die Design Calculator

Die clearance, cutting force, stripper, tonnage, and punch or die size for blanking, piercing, notching, cutoff, lancing, trimming, shaving, and perforating.

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Manufacturing

Weld Joint Strength Calculator

Fillet and groove weld capacity for tee, lap, corner, edge, and butt joints — throat, stress, and factor of safety.

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Manufacturing

Welding Heat Input Calculator

ASME or EN ISO heat input in kJ/mm and kJ/in from volts, amps, and travel speed.

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Manufacturing

PLC Timer and Counter Calculator

Snapshot TON, TOF, TP, and RTO timers, CTU/CTD/CTUD counters, plus a rule-of-thumb PLC scan and max response estimate.

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Manufacturing

Machining Cost Calculator

Estimate CNC cost per part and job total from material, cycle time, setup, tooling, finishing, and margin.

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Manufacturing

3D Print Cost Calculator

Quote FDM jobs from slicer weight and time, or estimate from volume. Material, electricity, machine, labor, failure buffer, and margin.

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Machining & CNC Calculators

Cutting speed, feeds, RPM, cycle time, and tap drill charts.

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Machining & CNC

Cutting Speed and RPM Calculator

Spindle RPM and table feed from Vc/SFM, or reverse cutting speed from dialed RPM — Metric or Imperial.

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Machining & CNC

Lathe RPM and Cutting Speed Calculator

Spindle RPM and achieved peripheral speed from work diameter and cutting speed.

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Machining & CNC

Milling RPM and Feed Calculator

Milling spindle RPM and table feed from cutting speed, tool diameter, and chip load.

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Machining & CNC

Drilling RPM and Feed Calculator

Drill RPM and feed rate from diameter, cutting speed, and feed per revolution.

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Machining & CNC

Grinding Wheel Speed Calculator

Wheel peripheral speed in m/s, m/min, and SFPM with rated-speed check.

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Machining & CNC

Saw Cutting Force and Power Calculator

Circular saw cutting power, motor power, torque, and force-related outputs.

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Machining & CNC

EDM MRR Calculator

Electrical discharge machining material removal rate from pulse energy and frequency.

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Machining & CNC

CNC Cycle Time Calculator

Per-part cycle time, machining time, and batch hours for CNC production.

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Machining & CNC

Tap Drill Size Calculator

Recommended tap drill diameter for metric and unified thread sizes.

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Machining & CNC

Machining Time Estimator

Turning, milling, and drilling cycle time from length, feed, and RPM.

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Machining & CNC

CNC Feeds and Speeds Calculator

Spindle speed, feed rate, MRR, and cutting power for milling or turning.

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Fixture & Tooling Calculators

Clamping, locating pins, tolerance stack-up, and gauge R&R.

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Fixture & Tooling

Tolerance Stack-Up Calculator

1D loop stack-up with worst-case, RSS, adjusted RSS, Cp/Cpk, and contributor ranking — Metric or Imperial.

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Fixture & Tooling

Clamping Force Calculator

Clamping force for toggle, pneumatic, or hydraulic fixture clamps.

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Fixture & Tooling

Locating Pin Fit Calculator

Pin–hole clearance, transition, or interference from ISO-style deviations, plus Lamé press-force screening.

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Fixture & Tooling

Gauge R&R Calculator

MSA Gauge R&R from Xbar-R summary or EV/AV/PV: %GRR vs tolerance and study variation, NDC, AIAG status.

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GD&T & Metrology Calculators

True position, fits, ISO tolerances, and surface roughness.

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GD&T & Metrology

GD&T True Position Calculator

Diametral true position from X/Y deviations with RFS, MMC, or LMC bonus — Metric or Imperial, 2D or 3D.

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GD&T & Metrology

GD&T Fit Calculator

Shaft-hole MMC/LMC clearance, fit type, and optional virtual-condition go-gauge envelopes.

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GD&T & Metrology

ISO 286 Tolerance Calculator

ISO 286 hole/shaft limits, deviations, and clearance / transition / interference fit type.

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GD&T & Metrology

Surface Roughness Converter

Convert Ra, Rz, Rq/RMS, Rt, CLA, and ISO N-grades with process-based Rz/Ra screening factors.

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GD&T & Metrology

ISO Fit & Tolerance Calculator

Build any ISO 286 letter+IT fit (Amesweb style) or look up ISO 2768/IS 2102 general tolerances with IT→process cost map.

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Sheet Metal Calculators

Bend allowance, K-factor, flat pattern length, and minimum bend radius.

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Sheet Metal

Sheet Metal Bend Allowance Calculator

Bend allowance, bend deduction, outside setback, and flat blank from thickness, inside radius, K-factor, and flange measure mode. Metric or Imperial.

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Sheet Metal

Minimum Bend Radius Calculator

Sheet metal minimum inside bend radius from material, temper, method, grain, and thickness. Optional desired-radius check. Metric or Imperial.

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Thermal & Fluids Calculators

Heat transfer, pipe flow, Reynolds number, and thermodynamic cycles.

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Thermal & Fluids

Reynolds Number Calculator

Reynolds number and flow regime for pipe, duct, flat plate, or sphere — kinematic or dynamic viscosity.

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Thermal & Fluids

Rankine Cycle Efficiency Calculator

Steam Rankine η_th, work, heat, back-work ratio, and exit quality from plant P/T or steam-table enthalpies.

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Thermal & Fluids

Heat Exchanger LMTD Calculator

LMTD, heat duty, required area, and UA for counterflow or parallel flow.

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Thermal & Fluids

Pipe Flow Pressure Drop Calculator

Darcy–Weisbach or Hazen–Williams pressure drop with fittings K, elevation, Reynolds number, and friction factor.

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Thermal & Fluids

Heat Transfer Calculator (Conduction)

Conduction heat rate, thermal resistance, and heat flux through a plane wall.

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Thermal & Fluids

Pump Power Calculator

Hydraulic, shaft, and electrical pump power from flow, head or pressure, density, and efficiencies.

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EV & Renewable Calculators

Battery sizing, solar panel tilt, wind turbine performance, and EV drivetrain estimates.

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EV & Renewable

EV Battery Pack Sizing Calculator

Usable and installed pack energy, Ns×Np cell layout, pack Ah, and discharge power from range, efficiency, and cell specs.

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EV & Renewable

Motor Torque-Speed and Efficiency Calculator

EV torque-speed curve or point convert with the 9550 rule, electrical input, and optional DC current. Metric or Imperial.

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EV & Renewable

Regenerative Braking Energy Calculator

Recovered energy, range added, and pack share from braking ΔKE or downhill PE. Metric or Imperial.

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EV & Renewable

Solar Panel Tilt Optimizer

Year-round, winter, and summer panel tilt from latitude with Landau mid-latitude forms, plus facing azimuth. Browser-local.

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EV & Renewable

Wind Turbine TSR and Cp Calculator

Measure tip-speed ratio and Cp from rotor data, or estimate electrical power from Cp and drivetrain efficiency. Metric or Imperial.

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Utilities Calculators

Scientific calculator and engineering unit converter.

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Utilities

Scientific Calculator

Online scientific calculator for Deg/Rad trig, powers, roots, logs, factorial, Ans, memory, and a reusable history panel.

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Utilities

Unit Converter

Convert area, data rate, digital storage, energy, force, frequency, fuel economy, length, mass, angle, power, pressure, speed, temperature, time, and volume.

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