I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

On 09/02/2016 10:45, fred wrote:

I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)

Divide 270 by g, so for the purposes of this exercise, 10 would be close
enough giving enough force to support 27kg

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

Yup...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=27...2SBoL9UPS-o9AD





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On 09/02/16 10:45, fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

Looks like it.
Some dumb typist who doesn't know science, or spelling, or english grammar.
They are all like that these days.


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On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 11:01:23 AM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 09/02/16 10:45, fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

Looks like it.
Some dumb typist who doesn't know science, or spelling, or english grammar.
They are all like that these days.


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Nope. Probably lost in the translation from Dutch to English

On 09/02/2016 10:45, fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)




Using F=MA:-
The force in Newtons = the mass in kilograms times the acceleration due
to gravity in m/s²

Acceleration due to gravity (g) is taken as 9.81 m/s²


Force to cope with 14 Kg is 14 * 9.81 = 137.34 Newtons

When I was at school (before calculators) we took g as 10 to show we
knew where to use it but it didn't make the maths overly complicated.

On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 12:07:35 PM UTC, soup wrote:
On 09/02/2016 10:45, fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a lift of 14kg)




Using F=MA:-
The force in Newtons = the mass in kilograms times the acceleration due
to gravity in m/s²

Acceleration due to gravity (g) is taken as 9.81 m/s²


Force to cope with 14 Kg is 14 * 9.81 = 137.34 Newtons

When I was at school (before calculators) we took g as 10 to show we
knew where to use it but it didn't make the maths overly complicated.

Many thanks to all who responded. I had guessed the answer but couldn't relate to the advice I was being given in relation to the strut. The opening angle and the stroke are also required to give the answer so in this case two of these will be required for a 14kg up-lift.

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fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force
in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a
lift of 14kg)

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

The force a gas strut provides is usually quoted in Newtons.

That is the force needed to accelerate 1kg at a rate of one second per
second.

Note that gas struts are pretty temperature sensitive. One which is
perfect on a hot day may not be adequate when cold.

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In article ,
Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
fred wrote:
I'm looking at a table for gas struts and the column heading is 'Force
in N(blf) and the row reads 270(60.7)

Can someone converts this into kg. (The amount of force I require is a
lift of 14kg)

Would that 'blf' be a mis-print for 'lbf' ?

The force a gas strut provides is usually quoted in Newtons.

That is the force needed to accelerate 1kg at a rate of one second per
second.

I take it you meant one metre per sec per sec (it's a long time since I
did that stuff :-)

Yup. ;-)

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