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Subject:Re: does mkp = Nm? (torque specs)
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Mon, 5 Oct 1998 01:25:41 -0700

Giant bummer!!!
When I read about your Q about KpM, I knew I've delt with it before, but I
couldnt remember the excact factor, so I called a friend of mine who is a tech.
He said something just from the top of his head, and later double-checking in a
book, just to see that he was wrong! 1KpM is in fact the same as 1 KgM.

Sorry

Per Lindgren

Per Lindgren wrote:

> David Bogle / Architecture wrote:
>
> > Derek Drew wrote:
> >
> > > I have a pile of torque wrenches here. Some of them are calibrated
> > > in mKp and some in cmkp. I do not know what these measurements are.
> > > Is it correct to say that 1 mKp is = to 1 Newton Meter (NM in
> > > Bentley)? If so, then apparently 100 cmkp = 1NM.
> >
> > Hi Derek,
> >
> > My new torque wrench came with a conversion table which includes CMKG.
> > I will quote the formulas with CMKG:
> > 1 KpCM = 1 CMKG
> > 1 CMKG = .098 Nm
> > 1 CMKG = 13.887 IN-OZ
> > 1CMKG =  0.08677 IN-LB
> >
> > mKp is not included, however "MKg" is, as is "KpM."
> > 1 KpM = 1 MKg
> > 1 MKg = 9.80665 Nm
> > 1 MKg = 7.233 FT-LB
> >
> > The main conversion table includes "kilo-gram Meters" as "Kgm" or" mkp"
> > alongside Foot-Pounds and Newton Meters.   What are KpM?  Maybe a typo
> > for KgM.  mKp might be the same as KpM, no?  Now I'm confused.
> >
> > Hope this allows you to take that "pile" and line them up somewhere. <snip
> >
> >
>
> 1 KpM is 1 kilo-pound-meter, 1KpM x 2.2 = 1 Nm
> 1 KpM x 2.24 = 1 KgM
>
> Hope this sorts it out
>
> Per Lindgren