FFU has a strong tendancy to fragment information. Areas in square feet; areas in acres Volumes in cubic inches; volumes in fl. oz.; volumes in [oil patch] barrels Power in watts; power in h.p.; power in 'BTU' Mass in ounces avoirdupois; in Troy ounces; in carats and so on and on. Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 2, 2002 10:36 Subject: [USMA:17871] Re: Fwd: Conversions Question >2002-01-02 > >I would also expect a person or company that chooses to use FFU should know >how to figure out the answers to the questions Jim is asking below from the >specs given. It is the difficulty of using FFU that confuses and prevents >someone from attempting such calculations. > >The real help should be to show this person how to obtain results using SI >units, and how simple it is to do so. Help this person, but only using SI >units only. If they insist on FFU, then let them figure it out for >themselves. > > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, 2002-02-02 03:32 >Subject: [USMA:17868] Re: Fwd: Conversions Question > > >> This company should contact Freedom 2 Measure, the ACWM or the BWMA for >such >> metric to ifp conversions and difficult pure ifp calculations. Sam Malin, >> Seaver Leslie or David Delaney/Vivian Linacre should know how to convert >> this stuff! I would only be willing to help private persons in such >> non-metric cases. I would make the ifp calculation first, then I would >show >> how it is done the metric way. >> >> Han >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, 2002-01-31 22:36 >> Subject: [USMA:17822] Fwd: Conversions Question >> >> >> Can anyone on the list provide a conversion factor for the questions >> contained below? >> >> Possibly the first question is asking the total square inches of paper on >a >> 5000 lb roll of the stated width & paper mass. >> >> Question two probably wants the number of linear yards on a 5000 lb roll >of >> the stated width & paper mass. >> >> Question three probably wants to convert 32 g/m^2 to lb/in^2. >> >> Please reply directly to me. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Jim McCracken >> >> Subject: Conversions >> I am looking to build a spreadsheet for our company standard conversions. >We >> purchase paper from mills in pounds in various widths They range in >weights >> of 32g/sm (grams per square meter) to 55g/sm. >> My clients want prices in MSI (square inches) >> LY linear yards >> LB pounds. >> If I purchase a roll that is 5000 lbs 56 inches wide that is 32g/sm what >> formula can I set up to convert? >> >> >
