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what does load "N" mean?
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what does load "N" mean?

what does load "N" mean?

(OP)
sorry for this simple question, but I am trying to figure out a servo driven linear actuator's pushing force. The catalog states that the load is 600 in "N" measurement. Is this a metric measurement for something under Kilogram? Any help would be appreciated, thank you

RE: what does load "N" mean?

N is a Newton, which is a measure of force, or a force which when applied to a body having a mass of one kilogramme, gives it a acceleration of one metre per second squared.  

RE: what does load "N" mean?

In SI units (system international or metric) the standard measure of mass is the kilogram and the standard measure of force is the Newton.  If a lifting device is rated at 600N for example, on earth this would be divided by 9.81m/s/s (accelleration due to gravity) to determine the mass in kg that could be lifted.

Nigel Waterhouse B Eng (Hon's)
Can-Am Aerospace,LLC, Canadian Aircraft Certification Centre
www.canamaero.com

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