A comprehensive toolset and knowledge base built to help both the engineer and the machine operator. From quick machining calculations to in-depth manufacturing/engineering guides.
Web-based machining apps for quick referencing during setup and design.
Handbook-optimized speed, feed-rate, and spindle settings for the lathe. Covers a wide range of materials and tooling configurations.
Launch AppComprehensive ISO 286 fit and interference selection tool. Calculates shaft and bore tolerances across all standard fit classes.
Launch AppAdditional manufacturing tools are under development and will be added as they are completed.
Web-based engineering apps for numerical validation and technical review.
Composite section analysis tool for determining cross-sectional properties, geometric centroids, and second moments of inertia.
Launch AppEvaluate structural beam deflections, loading scenarios, moment profiles, and torsional twist for a wide range of boundary conditions.
Launch AppDual-body multi-stress simulation toolkit processing Hertzian pressure boundaries and underlying structural stress fields.
Launch App2D bolt pattern generation and load determination. Also possible with custom bolt positions.
Launch AppIn-depth bolt stress calculation tool
Launch AppLinearised 6-DOF rigid-body tolerance stack-up
Launch AppAdditional engineering tools are under development and will be added as they are completed.
In-depth articles on machining processes, design/documentation guidelines, and manufacturing constraints. Material and treatment will be added later.
A practical guide to the turning manufacturing process: machine types (conventional, CNC, Swiss-style), cutting tools, tolerances, surface roughness, and design guidelines for turned parts.
Machine types (vertical, horizontal, CNC, 5-axis), cutting tool selection, outer surface rules, wall height ratios, pocket depth limits, corner radii, and threaded hole guidelines.
Including: cutting methods (laser, water jet, plasma, conventional), bending techniques, tolerance classes, flange dimensions, and bend reliefs.
Including: many kinds of (non-)expendable casting techniques and their design considerations
From 3D printing to layer deposition
Tolerance selection, material selection, surface treatments, and more will be added as articles are completed.
From layout definition to practical recommendations for technical product documentation.
Concept development guidelines, V-model processes, project management, and more will be added as articles are completed.
My name is Wouter van Zoggel. I'm a mechanical design engineer from the Netherlands, and over the years I kept running into the same problem on the job: the information or tool I needed existed somewhere, but finding it and then trusting the numbers it gave me took longer than just doing the calculation by hand. That's not even counting the tools that charge for the functionality you actually need.
So I started building my own reference material and calculators, from formula-based (and later FEA-based) beam analysis to ISO fit and tolerance tools, and eventually decided to put all of it in one place. Free to use, for anyone who needs it. Zengineering exists to spare other engineers that same searching and second-guessing, with tools and articles built the way I wish they'd existed when I needed them.
Send any question or possible addition you may have. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome.
Send an email to info@zengineering.nl
