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PadEye Calculator
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Technical Help ▼
A padeye (Fig 1; sometimes referred to
2ᴺᴰ Moment of Area
for attaching lifting or restraint shackle
2ᴺᴰ Moment of Area+

Added Mass & Drag PadEyes uses a well-known shackle des

dimension a suitable mating padeye.
Areas & Volumes

Atoms

Balancing (rotary)
Applications
Beam Strength
Lifting
Beam Strength+

Bearings (low friction) The applied load (F) for lifting applianc
Bearings (plain)
determined by any suitable calculation
including CalQlata's
Belt Drives
important, however, that appropriate
Bending Moments are applied to any design load especial
BiMetallic Strip is to be used repeatedly in ill-defined c
Buoyancy
Safety factors for lifting padeyes are no
Carbon Steel
higher than those applied to restraint a
Catenary

Catenary+ Seafastening
Cathodic Protection
Padeyes may also be used for fastening
Centrifugal Force to apply suitable factors for vessel mot
Colebrook & Fanning motions calculator).
Column Buckling
Skewed Loading
Combined Stress

Co-ordinates A skewed load is a load applied out-of

Copper Alloys apply skewed loads to a padeye, if the
Core Pressure
applied load is significantly reduced (<
padeye and bending stress in the pin, i
Electrical Current
applications. However, the resultant be
Elliptical Curves
considered in your calculations. In such
Engineering Basics in the pin hole (C) and over the cheek p
Explosions

Fans Materials
Fatigue

Flange Gaskets
In both the above applications, it is imp
manufacture of padeyes, such as certifi
Flanges

Floors As it is essential that the welding used

Fluid Forces out using coded welders and certified m
 Design Stresses
Fluid Numbers

Friction

Galvanic Corrosion
Fig 2 shows the limiting stresses to be
Gears when designing a padeye.
Hardness Conversion
Bearing stress is distributed across the
HPHT Flexible Pipe
and the cheek plates. A high bearing st
Lift Rigging dissipate as the material locally deform
Logs & Trig 'land' (or flat) increasing the contact ar
Machining Tolerances decreasing the stress. When the stress
Metal Properties
yield stress the localised deformation w
and the contact area will not increase f
Mode Shapes

Mode 14 Tensile stress is exerted on both sides

Newton's Laws of Motion only through the main plate. The cheek
included in this calculation. Tensile stre
Ocean Waves
considerably less than the bending or s
Optical Lenses
the eye. The force from this stress gene
Padeyes

Partial Pressures Bending stress is analogous to a bar la

of the bar is in compression so its neut
Piling
section. The cheek plates are not includ
Pipe Flow
section (Fig 2) is increased, the bendin
Pipe Flow+ combined stress in this plane.
Pipe Strength
Shear stress is theoretically constant th
Planetary Spin
this calculation. As the thickness of the
Plastic Stress in Beams becomes the dominant component in t
Plate Deflection
Combined stress is the
Pressure Vessels
the weakest plane in a properly design
Reel Capacity
the design.
Resolution of Forces

Screw Thread Machining Maximum allowable stress is the maxim

40% of SMYS plate material for design
Screw Threads
67% for loads greater than 100t, but sh
Shafts
given project.
Shock Loads

Spring Strength
Welding
Spring Coefficients

Steel Beam Sizes The weld length considered in

Stress Concentration indicated length ('2R
padeye plate, irrespective of the loaded
Table of the Elements

Thermal Conductivity As high quality welding is essential for

Trigonometry should be carried out by coded welder
UniQon
(welding rods). Moreover, no stitch wel
length (Fig 2; '2R'). For this reason, a w
Upheaval Buckling

Velocity & Acceleration Weld Length

Vessel Motions
The force (F) applied to a padeye is tran
Vessel RAOs
mounting weld by induced
Vibration Damping
shortest distance from the source of th
Vortex Shedding weld, in the same direction, will constit
Walls, Barriers & Tanks strain and thus induce the highest forc
Weight Lifting length in the weld. Strain not directly in
applied force will be reduced due to tri
Welding
forces. Therefore, as shown in
Wire Rope
d₁ and d₅ is of less importance with reg
Q&A strength under load than the strain bet
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Books This is the reason why CalQlata has lim

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sides of the main plate in
Useful Stuff if preferred and corrosion is not an issu
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Materials ▼ Shackles
PhD Suggestions ▼ The padeye calculator includes a datab
dimensions for standard Bow and Dee
Investments ▼
Shackles are elaborate 'U' Bolts designe
First Aid:
heavy duty use. Standard shackles have
Definitions to accommodate padeyes that have als
Symbols standardised.
Abbreviations
The relevant shackle dimensions used i
Publications calculations, and displayed in the outpu
Acknowledgements in Fig 4. Refer to Input Data
Min System Req'ments an explanation of the dimensional sym
Troubleshooting
PadEye Calculator – Tech
The padeye calculator is based upon th
1) Enter design load including factors (
2) Select a shackle size from the 'SWL'
3) Enter cheek-plate and pin-hole clear
4) Enter a maximum allowable stress fo
5) And a few other dimensions (cheek-

PadEyes will determine the minimum p

the maximum allowable stress (

Units

The padeye calculator uses the Imperia

supplier. Metric units are millimetres an
force. You switch between metric and I

The name on the button shows the uni

units currently in use.

Shackle Database

SWL is in tons, which equates to units o

PadEyes does not convert the dimensio

If you are calculating in metric units, th

If you are calculating in Imperial units,

The dimensions used in the calculation

Input & Output Data (

Input data:

Force (F) is the in-line load applied to t

including all load factors (see the
for CalQlata's lift rigging

Cheek thickness (t) is the thickness of o

circular bearing cheeks welded either s
padeye plate. These cheek plates provi
stress support but are not normally inc
calculations for the strength of the pad
plates outside diameter is normally ma
same diameter as the shackle eye (
set to zero, the padeye calculator will a
main padeye plate is full width betwee
minus the eye clearance (

Eye clearance (C) is the total clearance

cheek plates and the shackle eyes. It is
this clearance equal to 10% of the widt
eyes (wᴱ) or ¼" (6mm) whichever is the

Pin clearance (Cᴾ) is the diametral clear

the shackle pin and the pin-hole. It is u
clearance equal to 5% of the pin diame
(6mm) whichever is the lower

Maximum stress (σ) is the maximum all

for the padeye material under the limit
Example Calculation

Young's modulus (E
There is little point in manufacturing th
concentrated on the material with the h
the cheek plates.

Weld joint factor (WJF

of failure. Your weld joint factor should

Output Data:

Plate thickness (T) is the space left afte

between the shackle eyes (
plate

Padeye radius (R) is the minimum radiu

eye of the padeye. If you make the rad
safety factor will be greater than that e

Padeye clearance (Cᴸ

Weld thickness (Tᵂ) is the thickness (or

Hole diameter (Øᴴ) is the diameter of t

is equal to the pin diameter (

Pin diameter (Øᴾ) is the diameter of the

Width between eyes (

Eye diameter (Øᴱ) is the outside diamet

size the outside diameter of the cheek

Throat clearance (Cᵀ

inside of the shackle bow. It provides c
(> Øᴮ + R - ½Øᴴ)#

Bow diameter (Øᴮ) is the diameter of a

Bearing stress (σB) is the stress induced

due to point contact. This value is prov

Bending stress (σb) is the highest bend

main plate. The cheek plates are not in
with the shear stress (

Tensile stress (σt) is the stress in the ma

cheek plates are not included in this str

Shear stress (τ) is the highest shear stre

plate. The cheek plates are not included
the maximum bending stress (

# taken from a database of dimensions

Example Calculation

A design load of 50,000N (including loa

a safety factor of 2. Your forgemaster h
SAE 1018 available

Because the padeye is to be welded (ch

mounting), the CEV
can determine this yourself or you can
carbon steel calculator that shows the C
material ranges between 0.25<0.35 ma
for welding.

The minimum yield for this material is 4

(337.8<413.7MPa). If we divide the low
the range by 2 we get 169MPa.

Select a shackle with a carrying capacit

'F': 50,000N = 5t⁽²⁾. The shackle with th
carrying capacity in the SWL list is 6.5t

Set clearances to 3mm and cheek plate

8mm

The padeye clearance (

which is acceptable.

A minimum weld thickness of 3mm is r

lengths shown in Fig 2
may be smaller or stitched as they are
the weld strength calculation.

Calculation Errors

Incorporation of an undersized shackle

Improving unacceptable answers can u

Applicability

PadEyes is applicable to all lugs and ey

load.

Accuracy

There is no margin of error in these cal

and maximum allowable stress of the p

Notes

1. Green Pin
2. Using CalQlata’s
 Further Reading

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