Archive for March 4th, 2010

Electric Pipe Threader (2010-3-4)

What does the Nm in torque mean, how does it compare to foot lbs?

This is reguarding an electric pipe threader.

In physics, torque can informally be thought of as “rotational force”. The SI units for Torque are newton metres although centinewton meters (cN·m), foot-pounds force (ft·lbf), inch pounds (lbf·in) and inch ounces (ozf·in) are also frequently [...]