ROTARY TABLE CALCULATOR

Rotary Table Problem: Divide a circle into this number of segments/divisions: Answer: (Convert circle segments/divisions:to degrees) Decimal Degrees 6.792 Whole Degrees 6 Whole minutes 47 Seconds 32.830 Radians 0.05927533 Use these figures on rotary/indexing table.

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Example: Divide a circle into 26 equal Answer: Each segment is: 13.646 decimal degrees 13 degrees, 50 minutes, 46.154 secon 0.12083 radians

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rotary table calculator at left to determine the incremental angle of table rotation when a circle is to be nto any number of equally sized segments.

rically speaking, the calculator gives the number of degrees included in each segment expressed as degrees, degrees, minutes & seconds and radians.

e: Divide a circle into 26 equal segments. Each segment is: decimal degrees ees, 50 minutes, 46.154 seconds

table can be employed as a dividing head provided you carry out the angular mathematics (using the or). This works best when the segments are whole degree fractions of the circle (see table below). r, when segments involve fractions of a degree it becomes easy to introduce errors when rotating the table successive position. In such cases it is preferable to use a dividing head.

Circle segments that have whole numbers of degrees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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