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Tools we built for our own project work
We do the sizing and layout work anyway — the calculation routes are made publicly available. No registration; entries stay in the browser.
Engineering tools
What is ready to use
The 3D fence planner and three sizing calculators are live – the calculators are currently free to use. All tools work directly in the browser without registration; entries are not transmitted to a server.
3D planner for safety fence cells
Set cell dimensions, fence height and panel width — the division into panels, doors and openings is recalculated continuously. Any panel can be turned into a door, an opening or a gap by clicking.
- Pick a robot from the list (ABB, FANUC, Yaskawa) — the working radius is checked against the fence line and any shortfall is given in millimetres.
- Alternatively an XYZ gantry on columns with travels and stroke — including a warning about reaching over from above.
- With personal access: reachability and sequence with pick, place and waiting positions; customers additionally get the collision check and a rough cycle time per step.
- 3D view, plan and elevation; configuration sheet as PDF and a link to save and share the cell.
For clarity: The planner is a layout tool for preliminary coordination. It is not a safety verification and not a product catalogue. We build safety fencing as part of cell and modification projects. Our core business remains the design, procurement and installation of machine assemblies.
Available
3D fence planner
Cell geometry, panel division, reach check, PDF sheet.
Available
Stopping distance and safety distance
Minimum distance to EN ISO 13855 from a measured stopping time. Open calculator
Available
Vacuum cup sizing
Number of cups and holding force from part mass, load case and friction. Open calculator
Available
Pneumatic cylinder force
Push and pull force, air consumption and standard bore including a safety factor. Open calculator
Sizing calculators
Safety distance, vacuum and pneumatics in seconds
Three calculations we need in every project. Results update with every entry; the calculation route is shown with the result.
Free to use until 6 November 2026 – no registration, entries stay in your browser.
Important: All results are assumptions and guide values for early project planning only – non-binding and without guarantee. They do not replace design calculations, manufacturer data, measurements or the risk assessment by a qualified person.
The free trial period has ended. We are happy to do the calculation for your project – just get in touch. Contact →
Tool 01 — ready to use
Plan a safety fence cell in 3D
Drag to rotate · wheel to zoom · click a panel to change it
Cell
Handling
Reach figures are guide values — check them against the manufacturer's data sheet. What is shown is the working radius or travel envelope, not the full working space including the tool.
Equipment
Place machines, control cabinets, conveyors or pallets as boxes — to see what fits into the cell and where space remains. Dimensions in millimetres. Position X runs along the cell length, Position Y along the cell width, each measured from the cell centre to the centre of the item.
Reachability
Set target points and check whether the selected robot reaches them with its arm geometry — including tool length and approach direction. The robot moves to the selected point in the 3D view. X and Y as for equipment, height Z above the floor.
Preliminary check with typical values from the manufacturers' data sheets (arm lengths, axis ranges). No collision check, no payload, no cycle time — does not replace a simulation in RobotStudio, ROBOGUIDE or MotoSim.
Change a panel
Click a panel in the 3D view — it cycles through door, opening, gap and back to fence panel.
Your cell
- Floor area
- 27,0 m²
- Perimeter
- 21,0 m
- Panels total
- 14
- Actual panel width
- 1500 mm
- Equipment
- 0
The PDF contains all three views, the key data and the composition of the cell. It is a non-binding extract with a watermark and document number — panel division, door positions and post spacing are defined in the quotation. Please attach it when sending the e-mail — browsers cannot attach files automatically.
Non-binding representation for coordination. Execution, fixing and safety distances to EN ISO 13857 are defined together within the project.
Demonstrated, not claimed
What we can do is shown in projects.
Starting point, challenge, solution, result — with figures where figures exist.
Digital layout planning
The new assembly stands in the model before it is manufactured
We record the installation situation and place the planned component to scale into the model of the existing machine. Whatever does not fit there will not fit in the shop either — but in the model it costs nothing.
What this achieves in practice
- Envelope and collisions are checked before ordering — including hose routing, cable runs and maintenance access.
- Coordination in pictures, not in prose. Production, maintenance and purchasing see the same view and do not argue from different mental pictures.
- Fewer changes after manufacture. Changes in the model are cheap; changes to a milled part are not.
- A basis for the release decision. You see the planned solution on your machine before you release the budget.
Basis: Photographs and measurements from the shop, existing drawings or an on-site survey. The result is model views, sections and renderings for coordination — not a simulation of process behaviour and not a substitute for a risk assessment.
Robot database
Industrial robots from 1 to 500 kg compared
KUKA, ABB, Yaskawa, FANUC and Universal Robots – payload, reach, repeatability, axes and mounting according to the manufacturers, with source and check date for every model.
What the database does
- Filter by manufacturer, robot type, payload, reach, axes, repeatability, mounting, application, protection rating and status.
- Compare up to four models side by side – without ranking; missing values are shown openly.
- Sourced: every value is linked to an official manufacturer source. What the manufacturer does not state is shown as „No manufacturer data available“.
With customer access. The database is an overview for pre-selection. The manufacturer's current data sheet and load diagram are binding.
Describe your task.
A photograph, rough dimensions and part data are enough to begin. We normally reply within 24 hours with an initial assessment: feasible, not feasible, or which details are still missing.