Sheet Metal Layout Calculator

The curved steel cone calculator from chicago metal rolled products makes it easy to find the precise curved steel cone dimensions you need.

Sheet metal layout calculator.

Online panel cutting optimization software. You only have to insert interior angle flange lengths k factor inside radius and material thickness. Transition patterns available flat pattern segments lobsterback bend elbow ellipsoidal dome head tee offset tee square and rectangle to round frustum cone. Sheet metal development calculator is a really simple tool for calculation of development of a sheet metal part.

Keep default values in calculator as zero. Generate optimized cutting patterns based on the available stock sheets by nesting the required parts. Enter flange length internal radius and thickness values. It allows you to determine either the size of raw material needed or the number of gore sections to fit on your available material.

View the cone instructions below to learn how to manually layout the flat pattern for a truncated cone in single or multiple gore sections. Value of bend deduction and flat pattern are shown in result section. Cells on the right will output the desired values. Here are the steps to be followed to calculate sheet metal flat length.

Use k factor calculator to calculate k factor values.