Cross-Trade Utilities
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Tools in this group
- Unit Converter - Length, area, volume, mass, force, pressure, temperature, energy, power, flow, electrical.
- Material Cost Estimator - Total cost from price per unit and quantity.
- Markup and Margin - Selling price from cost and target.
- Time and Materials - Total billable from hours, rate, and material cost.
- Sales Tax - Tax and total by state.
- Tip Out - Per-person split for crews.
- Loan Payment - Monthly payment, total interest, and 12-month amortization.
- Upgrade ROI / Payback - Simple payback and 10-year NPV at user-supplied discount rate.
- Mileage and Fuel Cost - Gallons, fuel cost, and IRS reimbursement from miles and MPG.
- Overtime Hours - Regular, overtime, and double-time pay breakdown.
- Per-Diem (GSA) - Federal per-diem lodging or M&IE rate by state.
- Geometry Pack - Circle, ellipse (Ramanujan), hexagon, sphere.
- Dilution / Mixing Ratio - Concentrate volume and diluent volume from target strength.
- Slope from Digital Level - Bidirectional between degrees, percent, and inches per foot.
- GPS Distance (Haversine) - Great-circle distance between two coordinates, with the bearing you leave on AND the bearing you arrive on.
- OSHA Trench Sloping - Maximum slope ratio per soil class A/B/C and benching geometry.
- NIOSH Lifting Equation - RWL and Lifting Index per the public NIOSH 1991 multipliers.
- Heat Stress (WBGT and Heat Index) - Heat index, WBGT estimate, and OSHA-style work / rest cycle.
- Wind Chill Exposure - NWS 2001 wind chill formula and frostbite-time exposure curves.
- Portable Ladder Setup Geometry (OSHA 1926.1053) - ladder-angle does the 4:1 setback and stops.
- Extension Ladder Overlap and True Working Height - An extension ladder never reaches its label.
- Ladder Placement Angle - Base distance for the 4:1 rule and pass/fail at 75.5 deg.
- Pulley System Mechanical Advantage - Theoretical and actual MA across fixed/movable/block-and-tackle rigs.
- Ramp Slope (ADA) - Slope ratio, percent, and pass/fail against 1:12 maximum.
- Rainwater Harvesting Yield - Annual gallons from catchment area, rainfall, and collection efficiency.
- Catchment Area for a Target Harvest - The roof footprint needed to harvest a target volume a year.
- Daily Multi-Job Timesheet - Hours per job with overtime split, gross pay, and reimbursable miles.
- Swing Fall Geometry (Pendulum Drop and Arc) - Working off to the side of an anchor turns a fall into a pendulum.
- Fall Protection Clearance - Required clearance below anchor = free-fall + decel + worker height + harness stretch + safety factor.
- Radiant Heat Exchange (Stefan-Boltzmann) - Net radiant heat between a surface and its surroundings (or a facing surface).
- Horizontal Lifeline Tension and Anchorage (OSHA 1926.502) - A horizontal lifeline MULTIPLIES the force it is asked to catch, and the multiplier is set by SAG.
- Silica Table 1 Respirator Lookup (OSHA 1926.1153) - Table 1 is the shortcut that lets you skip exposure assessment, and it is ALL OR NOTHING.
- Hearing Protector Attenuation (OSHA 1910.95 App. B) - The number on the package is never the protection.
- OSHA 1910.95 Noise Dose and TWA - Multi-row workshift dose with the OSHA 5 dB exchange formula, 8-hr TWA.
- Vehicle Load Distribution - Front and rear axle weights with GVWR / GAWR flags.
- Pump Total Dynamic Head (TDH) - Total dynamic head from static lift, static discharge, and Hazen-Williams suction / discharge / fittings friction.
- Hydraulic Cylinder Force and Speed - Cylinder force, extend / retract speed, oil per stroke, and cycle time from bore, rod, pressure.
- V-Belt Sheave and Drive Sizing - Speed ratio, driven pitch diameter, belt length, service-factor design HP.
- Belt Drive Center Distance (for a Standard Belt) - The shaft center distance that lets a standard (stock) V-belt fit a chosen pair of sheaves.
- Belt Power from Tension and Speed - The power a belt actually transmits, from the two tensions and the belt speed.
- Gear Ratio and RPM Cascade - Per-stage and overall ratio, output RPM, and output torque across up to four gear stages with a per-stage efficiency.
- Rolling Offset - True offset, travel, and run advance for a pipe or conduit rolling offset.
- Wind Speed from Wind Chill and Temperature - The wind speed that produces a target or reported wind chill at a known air temperature.
- Fitting Take-Out Cut Length - Cut length of pipe between two fittings from center-to-center or face-to-face, with take-out and thread make-up shown.
- Multi-Piece Miter Elbow Layout - Per-cut miter angle, weld count, and cutback for an n-piece lobster-back miter elbow.
- Pipe Wraparound Template Ordinates - Markback ordinate table for wrapping a template to scribe an angled pipe cut.
- Flange Bolt-Up Torque - Target preload, per-bolt torque, and the star tightening sequence for a bolted flange.
- Center of Gravity from Two Scales - Total weight, CG distance, and the load split from a two-point weigh by moment balance (ASME B30.9 / ITI rigging).
- Insulated Pipe Rack Spacing - Center-to-center spacing, total bundle width, and rack fit for parallel insulated pipe runs from OD.
- Bolt Circle Layout - Hole coordinates (X, Y) for a circle of N evenly spaced holes from a bolt-circle diameter, start angle, and center.
- Decimal to Fraction - Tape-measure math: round a decimal inches value to the nearest 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, or 1/64.
- Sine Bar Angle Setup - Precision angle setup: the angle from a gauge-block stack on a sine bar (theta = arcsin(H / L)).
- Thread Pitch and Lead - Thread pitch, lead, and sharp-V height for inch and metric threads.
- Bolt Proof, Yield, and Tensile Load (SAE J429) - The fastener ceiling bolt-torque assumes but never shows.
- Three-Wire Thread Measurement - Three-wire measurement over a 60-degree thread.
- Pitch Diameter from Three-Wire Measurement - The pitch diameter of a thread from the measurement read over three wires.
- Punch / Shear Force - Punching force from the cut perimeter (round, rectangular, or entered directly), material thickness, and shear strength.
- Punch Capacity: Max Hole or Thickness - The largest round hole (or the thickest material) a press of a given tonnage can punch.
- Interference Shrink-Fit Temperature - Heating temperature (or chilling temperature) to open an interference fit enough to assemble a hub, bearing.
- Interference Press-Fit Pressure and Holding Force (Lame) - The Lame holding-force check shrink-fit defers.
- Interference for a Target Press-Fit Holding Force - The diametral interference that reaches a target axial holding force.
- Rolled Plate Blank Length - Developed flat blank length to roll plate into a cylinder or ring at the neutral axis.
- Tolerance Stack-Up: Worst-Case and RSS - Worst-case tolerance = sum of the half-widths; statistical RSS = sqrt(sum of squares), always tighter.
- Cone Flat-Pattern Development (Radial Line) - The flat blank a cone rolls up from, and the sweep to cut it.
- Frustum (Truncated Cone) Volume and Surface - The volume of a truncated cone - a hopper, bucket, tapered footing or pier, flat-topped stockpile.
- Regular Polygon (Apothem, Across Flats/Corners, Area) - The geometry of a regular polygon polygon-miter (cut angle only) and bolt-circle (holes only) leave out.
- Ellipse Area and Perimeter - The area and perimeter of an oval - an elliptical bed or border, a running-track lane, an oval tabletop or arch.
- Spherical Cap / Dome / Partial-Fill Volume - The volume of a spherical cap - a spherical tank's partial fill, a dome, a dished tank bottom.
- Parabolic Segment Area and Arc Length - The area and curved length of a parabolic segment - a parabolic arch, a road or deck crown, a uniformly loaded cable sag.
- Truncated Pyramid (Rectangular Frustum) Volume - The volume of a truncated pyramid - a tapered concrete pier or spread-footing pedestal, a rectangular hopper or bin.
- Torus (Doughnut) Volume and Surface Area - The volume and surface of a torus - an O-ring, an inner tube or toroidal float, a doughnut tank, or a coil of tubing.
- Ellipsoid Volume (Oblong / Oval Solid) - The volume of a general ellipsoid - an oval or elliptical tank, a stretched dome, or an ellipsoidal float.
- Annulus (Ring) Area - The area of a ring between two circles - the metal cross-section of a pipe or tube, a washer/gasket/ring-flange face.
- Circular Sector (Pie Slice) Area and Arc - The pie slice between two radii, and its arc - a curved patio or bed, a sprinkler coverage wedge, a gear or cam sector.
- Barrel / Cask Volume (Bulged Sides) - The volume of a barrel or cask that bulges to a wider middle than its ends.
- Cylindrical Wedge (Ungula) Volume - The volume of a cylindrical wedge (an ungula).
- Paraboloid of Revolution Volume - The volume of a paraboloid of revolution - a spun-cast dish, a parabolic reflector blank.
- Horizontal Tank Volume with Dished Heads (Dipstick) - The partial liquid volume of a HORIZONTAL cylindrical tank with dished (curved) heads, from a dipstick depth.
- Spherical Zone (Segment of Two Bases) Volume - The volume of a spherical zone - the slice of a sphere between two parallel planes.
- Oval (Obround) Tank Volume from Dipstick - Partial volume of a horizontal oval tank from a dipstick reading.
- Cone-Bottom Tank Volume from Dipstick - The partial liquid volume of a vertical CONE-BOTTOM (conical / hopper bottom) tank.
- Tapered (Frustum) Tank Volume from Level - The partial liquid volume of a straight-TAPERED (frustum) tank or bin from a dipstick depth - a tapered silo, a hopper.
- Permissible Residual Unbalance and Balance Grade - The residual unbalance a rotor is allowed at its operating speed.
- Bearing Regrease Quantity and Interval - How much grease a bearing takes and how often, which are two numbers commonly wrong in the field in opposite directions.
- Plasma Cut Time, Consumable Life, and Cost per Part - What plasma consumables actually cost per part, from the two ways they wear.
- Hydraulic Reservoir Size and Cooler Heat Rejection - How much heat a hydraulic system makes, how big its reservoir should be, and what is left for a cooler.
- Tank Volume (Dipstick) - Partial liquid volume of a horizontal or vertical cylindrical tank from a depth (dipstick) reading.
- Linear Interpolation - Read a value between two known points off a chart or table.
- Circular Arc Layout - Radius, arc length, and central angle from a measured chord and rise.
- Triangle Solver (Two Sides and the Included Angle) - Two sides and the angle between them: the third side by the law of cosines c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2 - 2ab cos C).
- Triangle Solver (Three Sides) - The companion to the two-sides-and-the-included-angle solver.
- Triangle Solver (Two Angles and the Included Side) - The triangulation case the two-sides and three-sides solvers leave.
- Circular Segment Area (from Chord and Rise) - The enclosed AREA between a chord and its arc.
- Arc Rise (Sagitta) from Radius and Chord - The rise (sagitta / middle ordinate) of an arc from a known radius and chord.
- Circle Through Three Points - Center and radius of the circle through three measured points on an arc (the circumcircle - the inverse of bolt-circle).
- Regular Polygon Miter and Layout - Saw miter and piece sizing for any N-sided frame, from an octagon wrap to a segmented ring.
- Equal Spacing Layout - Evenly space balusters, pickets, studs, shelf pins, or layout marks in a run.
- Dust Collection Duct Velocity, Diameter, and Branch Balance - Dust collection duct is sized backward from every other duct system in a building.
- Pneumatic Cylinder Air Consumption (SCFM) - What a pneumatic cylinder actually costs to run, which is not its swept volume.
- Bucket Elevator Capacity, Speed, and Power - What a bucket elevator moves and what it takes to drive it, and the fill factor is where the honesty lives.
- Cyclone Separator Cut Size and Pressure Drop - What a cyclone will and will not catch, and what catching it costs.
- Gas Spring Force and Mounting Geometry - The force rating a gas strut needs, from the moment balance nobody writes down.
- Spray Booth Airflow and Makeup Air Load - The airflow a spray booth takes and what it costs to replace it.
- Powder Coating Coverage, Transfer Efficiency, and Reclaim - How much powder a job takes, and the two factors that move the answer by a factor of two.
- Electroplating and Anodizing Tank Current and Time - Plating and anodizing are the one shop process governed by an exact physical law, and this is that law.
- Heat-Treat Soak Time and Furnace Load - The two numbers a shop needs before loading a furnace.
- Quench Severity, Biot Number, and the Agitation Screen - Whether agitating the quench is worth doing.
- Belt Conveyor Effective Tension and Drive Power - What a belt conveyor's drive has to deliver, split into the two physically different things it is made of.
- Dive No-Decompression Limit and Residual Nitrogen - The table headline is not the diver limit on a repetitive dive.
- Dive Surface Air Consumption, Rock Bottom, and Gas Planning - The reserve is computed FIRST and subtracted, and what is left is the dive.
- Nitrox Maximum Operating Depth, Best Mix, and Oxygen Limits - A richer mix hits any given oxygen limit SHALLOWER, and that is the trade nitrox makes.
- Nitrox Equivalent Air Depth and the Oxygen Check - A dive planned on equivalent air depth alone has solved half the problem.
- Surface-Supplied Diver Air Supply Rate and Reserve - A compressor sized for shallow work falls short in deeper water with no change in the number of divers and no warning...
- Recompression Chamber Gas Volume, Ventilation, and Duration - Ventilation is four fifths of the requirement and pressurization is the part people size for.
- Commercial Laundry Washer Capacity and Turns per Day - Rated capacity is a machine specification and turns is an operational one.
- Laundry Water, Sewer, and Energy Cost per Pound - Cost per pound is the number that decides whether to wash in house or send it out.
- Tumble Dryer Evaporation Load and Makeup Air - A tumble dryer is an evaporator and its load is the pounds of water it has to boil off.
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