MacDon CA20 Operators Manual - Manual (Page 9)

DEFINITIONS
Form 169009 7 Model Year - 2009
3 ACRONYMS AND
ABBREVIATIONS
3.1 DEFINITIONS
TERM DEFINITION
API American Petroleum Institute
ASTM
American Society Of Testing And
Materials
C Centigrade
DK Double Knife
F Fahrenheit
ft feet
ft/min
feet per minute
ft/s feet per second
gpm U.S. gallons per minute
hp horsepower
in.
inch
in. 3 cubic inches
lb pounds mass
lbf pounds force
lbf·ft or ft·lbf pound feet or foot pounds
lbf·in. or
in·lbf
pound inches or inch pounds
mph miles per hour
n/a not applicable
oz. ounces
psi pounds per square inch
rpm revolutions per minute
spm strokes per minute
SAE Society Of Automotive Engineers
SK Single Knife
3.2 ENGLISH/METRIC EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH FACTOR SI UNITS (METRIC)
acres x 0.4047 = hectares (ha)
ft x 0.3048 = meters (m)
ft/min x 0.3048 = meters/min (m/min)
ft/s x 0.3048 = meters/sec (m/s)
˚F (F-32)/1.8 = ˚C
US gal x 3.7854 = liters (L)
US
gal/min
(gpm)
x 3.7854 = liters/min (L/min)
hp x 0.7457 = kilowatts (kW)
in. x 25.4 = millimeters (mm)
in. 3 x 16.3871
= cubic centimeters
(cm
3 or cc)
lb x 0.45359 = kilograms (kg)
lbf x 4.4482 = newtons (N)
lbf·ft or
ft·lbf
x 1.3558
= newton meters
(N·m)
lbf·in or
in·lbf
x 0.1129
= newton meters
(N·m)
mph x 1.6063
= kilometers/hour
(km/h)
oz. x 29.5735 = milliliters (ml)
psi x 6.8948 = kilopascals (kPa)
psi x 0.00689 = megapascals (MPa).