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Taper Calculator

Relate large and small diameters, axial length, taper rate and centreline angle.

Taper geometry

Calculated taper

Taper per unit length0.1 : 1

5.7248° included angle

Axial length
100 mm
Half-angle
2.8624°
Included angle
5.7248°
Diameter change per length
0.1

Angles are measured from the centreline. “Taper per unit length” is total diameter change divided by axial length; drawing conventions can instead quote taper as 1:n.