Dish Ends Calculator is a powerful and easy-to-use tool designed for fabrication engineers, pressure vessel designers, and mechanical professionals
Dish Ends Calculator is a powerful and easy-to-use tool designed for fabrication engineers, pressure vessel designers, and mechanical professionals. This app helps you accurately calculate Blank Diameter, Weight, Crown Radius, Knuckle Radius, Straight Face, and Total Height for various types of Pressure Vessel Heads / Dish Ends such as Flat Heads, Torispherical Heads (F&D), Ellipsoidal Heads (2:1), and Hemispherical Heads.
Whether you are working in fabrication, manufacturing, boiler design, pressure vessel engineering, QA/QC, cost estimation, or material layout planning, this tool provides quick, precise, and reliable results directly on your Mac.
Key Features:
1. No Internet Required – Works anytime, anywhere, even in workshops or project sites.
2. No Annoying Ads – A clean and focused user experience.
3. High-Performance & Fast Calculations – Optimized for speed and accuracy.
4. Fabrication-Friendly Output – result values ready for marking and development.
5. Simple & Easy-to-Use Interface – Designed for both beginners and professionals.
6. User Inputs and outputs are available both mm and inches.
7. All Types of Pressure Vessel Heads and Dish Ends in One Place.
Supported Dish End Types:
The app includes dedicated calculators for the most commonly used vessel heads:
Flat Dish End Blank Diameter Calculator
Torispherical (F&D) Dish End Blank Diameter Calculator
2:1 Ellipsoidal Dish End Blank Diameter Calculator
Hemispherical Dish End Blank Diameter Calculator
Ellipsoidal Head Template Layout Marking Calculator
Supported Pressure Vessel Heads:
Flat Dish Ends / Flat Heads
10% Torispherical Head / F&D Dish Ends
2:1 Ellipsoidal Dish Ends
Hemispherical Dish Ends / Hemi Heads
ASME Pressure Vesse Heads.
What You Can Calculate:
1. Flat Dish End Calculator
Easily calculate:
Dish End Height
Blank Diameter
Dish End Weight
Based on inputs: Inside Diameter, Knuckle Radius, Straight Face, Thickness, and Material Density.
Supports manual density entry or selection from material list.
2. Ellipsoidal Dish End Calculator
Calculates:
Crown Radius
Knuckle Radius
Height (with & without straight face)
Blank Diameter
Total Weight
Just enter Inside Diameter, Straight Face, Thickness, and Material Specific Gravity.
3. Torispherical Dish End Calculator
Get accurate:
Crown Radius
Knuckle Radius
Heights
Blank Diameter
Weight
Uses the same input process as Ellipsoidal Head Calculator.
4. Hemispherical Dish End Calculator
Calculate:
Radius
Height
Blank Diameter
Weight
Ideal for hemispherical pressure vessel heads.
5. Ellipsoidal Template Layout Marking Generator
This tool generates:
Template layout marking coordinates
For faster and accurate fabrication
Useful for plate cutting, segment layout, rolling, and forming.
Perfect for fabrication shop engineers and layout technicians.
Designed For:
Pressure Vessel Fabrication
Boilers & Heat Exchangers
Tank Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Structural & Industrial Fabrication
Estimation & Costing
On-site Engineering and QA/QC
Dish Ends Material Support:
You can calculate weight for multiple materials such as:
Carbon Steel
Stainless Steel
Aluminium
Brass
Bronze
Copper
Lead
And any custom material (via manual Specific Gravity input)
Why Use Dish Ends Calculator?
Accurate engineering calculations
Faster fabrication planning
Saves time in manual calculations
Helps reduce material wastage
Supports estimation & costing
Improves accuracy in pressure vessel design.