Weights
Planning and cost
- Sheet yield calculator How many parts fit on a sheet, how many sheets you need and the offcut left over.
- Cut time and cost Machine time from cut length, pierces and thickness, and what that cutting costs.
- Project budget planner List your plates and see the cutting budget build up line by line.
- Primer area calculator Paintable area of your plates, litres of primer and our primer price.
- Strip cutting calculator How many flat-bar strips come out of a sheet once the kerf is taken off each cut.
Plasma cutting
- Kerf and smallest hole Kerf width, cut speed, amperage and the smallest clean hole for any material and thickness.
- Plate thickness guide Every thickness we cut, with weight per square metre, speed and the smallest hole.
- Material comparison Compare density, thickness range, cut speed and cost per square metre side by side.
- Plasma tolerance guide What plasma holds, what needs drilling or machining, and a quick checker.
Holes and bolts
- Bolt clearance holes ISO 273 close, normal and loose clearance holes, and whether plasma can cut them.
- Tap drill chart Tapping drill sizes for metric coarse and fine threads.
- Bolt circle (PCD) calculator Hole centres for any number of holes on a pitch circle, ready to check a drawing.
- Bolt edge distance checker Minimum end, edge and pitch distances for bolt holes to EN 1993-1-8, checked against your plate.
Drawing and design
- Bend allowance calculator Flat blank length for a folded plate from the K-factor, inside radius and angle.
- Unit and gauge converter Millimetres, inches, feet, fractions, sheet gauges and weights in one place.
- Is my drawing ready? Drop a DXF, SVG, NC or PDF and get a cutting readiness report. Your file never leaves your browser.
- File preparation checklist Tick through the checks that make a drawing cut first time.
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