We are excited to announce the first release of our online propeller tools. This web service is driven by CAESES® and generates solid propeller geometry by means of the famous Wageningen B-Series profiles. All provided tools are easy to use and beautifully designed to make propeller design a joy!
Propeller Design Tool
The first propeller app is a design tool where the shape generation is based on the following typical preliminary design inputs:
- Diameter
- Area ratio
- Number of blades
- Vessel speed
- Engine power
- Engine RPM
- Gear ratio
- Propeller material
- Wake number
- Water Density
The geometry tool takes into account ISO standards for the various propeller thickness settings. The propeller open water efficiency is calculated as well as the pitch-diameter ratio, the propeller thrust and the total weight. The final geometry can be downloaded as STL or STEP file.
B-Series propeller app for geometry creation and download
Fast Geometry Generator
There is also a second app available on this new website for advanced users which gives you more direct shape control. The online web app expects a set of pure geometrical quantities to generate the propeller, such as
- Diameter
- Area ratio
- Number of blades
- Diameter
- Pitch
- Rake
- Thicknesses at the blade’s root and tip
- Hub diameters and length
- Blade axial positioning on the hub
- Leading & trailing edge shapes
There is no engine information required and no automated thickness calculations are triggered – it’s just a simple and fast geometry creator.
Fast and simple geometry generator for B-series propellers
Beta Phase
In order to generate a valid geometry with one of the tools, the user has to make sure that the provided input is appropriate. Our propeller apps are still in a beta phase and we are currently collecting feedback. Please give us your rating and send us your comments on how to further improve things (see the bottom of the B-Series website)!
Thanks a lot for your help with this – we hope you will enjoy this online experience: