Practical tool to make an engineer’s life that much easier

In today’s stressful work environment, efficiency is critical. A few years after FUTEK started (1988), its engineers put together a little calculator software to help them convert standard English units to metric in order to help them serve their global customers who were not using the American standard. It became a very practical tool and FUTEK decided to build a few more, which included: a calculator to calculate the torque required for various bolts, another for span adjustment when instruments were being hooked up to a sensor, one for figuring out a zero balance, plus a few more. With the rise of the Internet, FUTEK quickly decided to post those calculators to its site and since then, the company has seen many visitors take advantage of this tool.

FUTEK’s featured calculators include:

The Unit Conversion Calculator: Insert any conversion (area, angle, flow, time, torque, power, etc.) and watch the calculator provide as many conversions FUTEK could think of.

The Bolt Torque Calculator: Calculate recommended torque of bolts depending on their type, size and material. This is by far FUTEK’s most popular web tool as engineers globally visit this quick reference tool to find their precise torque needs.

The Zero Balance Calculator: Balance your unit's zero with a shunt resistor. The zero balance calculator can be effective if you have offset the zero on your sensor and need to reset it within its original tolerance. If the zero has been offset by more than 10 percent, FUTEK recommends that you contact the manufacturer as you may have damaged the sensor.

The Span Adjustment Calculator: This effective tool assists you to match or normalize the sensor output in situations in which tight output tolerance is required. In the circumstance that you want to switch out several sensors that are tied to a common instrument, you can use this tool to adjust your sensor output without having to change the gain/scale factor.

The Shunt Calibration Calculator: Calculate resistance or output of a shunt calibration resistor for the sensor. Essentially, this tool is used to set up instruments with sensors when calibration specifications aren’t available and verification of a system calibration to make sure it is within tolerances.