Welding planning tools
The full register of the desk's nine planning tools. Every one runs in your browser on the figures you enter — nothing is stored, nothing is sent anywhere — and every one issues a printable planning record that names its own assumptions.
Control planning 2 tools
Aids that order the control options to assess — capture at source, screens, work zones. They support the planning of a control measure; they never certify one, and assessment by a competent person remains the deciding step.
- T-01 Welding fume extraction planner Control-route planning aid Takes process, location, frequency and capture options in; issues a control-route record with ordered actions to assess.
- T-09 Welding screen work-zone planner Quantity planning estimate Takes zone dimensions, access opening and panel width in; issues perimeter, run and panel-count figures.
Power, gas & duty 3 tools
Planning estimates for generator sizing, shielding-gas time and machine duty. Each works only on figures entered from a nameplate, a data plate or a marked cylinder — nothing is extrapolated beyond the rating you enter.
- T-02 Welding generator size check Planning estimate Takes entered load kVA or kW with power factor in; issues a running, start-peak and margin kVA record.
- T-03 Gas cylinder duration Planning estimate Takes cylinder volume or pressure figures, flow and arc-on duty in; issues gas-on and elapsed-time figures.
- T-05 Duty-cycle planner Same-current schedule from entered rating Takes the nameplate duty cycle and reference window in; issues operating and rest minutes at that rating.
Material & consumables 2 tools
Deposition and consumable estimates from entered geometry, density and efficiency. The figures are theoretical planning quantities for ordering and scheduling, not batch or procedure certification.
- T-04 Weld volume & filler metal Geometry and material planning estimate Takes joint geometry, length, density and deposition efficiency in; issues volume and filler-mass figures.
- T-06 MIG wire runtime estimator Material/runtime planning estimate Takes wire mass, diameter, density and feed speed in; issues wire-length and continuous-feed runtime figures.
Geometry & entered ratings 2 tools
Section arithmetic and comparisons against the ratings you enter yourself. No universal amperage, capacity or grade is ever assumed on your behalf.
- T-07 Steel weight calculator Geometry and density planning estimate Takes section dimensions and density in; issues volume and mass figures for five section shapes.
- T-08 Plasma cut thickness checker Entered-rating comparison Takes required thickness and the ratings you enter in; issues a comparison against those entered ratings.
The arithmetic and assumptions behind every tool are set out step by step on the methodology sheet; the public documents behind the guidance are listed, with what we take from each, on the source register.