Meter Per Minute (m/min)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One meter per minute (0.0167 m/s). Used for cutting speeds in machining.

1 meter per minute = 0.01666666667 meters per second (approximately).

About the meter per minute

Machine shops quote meter per minute for cutting speed, the relative speed between a tool and the workpiece surface. The Wikipedia article on speeds and feeds gives illustrative values for a plain high-speed steel cutter: roughly 90 to 210 m/min for brass, 122 to 305 m/min for aluminum, and as little as 1 to 2 m/min for medium cast iron, with the figures shifting with coolant and tool material.

The upper aluminum figure of 305 m/min corresponds to about 5.1 m/s, since 305 divided by 60 is 5.08. A speed of one meter per minute is only 0.0167 m/s, or 60 m/h, which shows how slowly hard metals are cut. The unit pairs with surface feet per minute, the other common cutting speed unit, where 1 ft/min is 0.3048 m/min.

Sources: Wikipedia: Speeds and feeds; Wikipedia: Metre per second

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