http://www.kok.com/pr02.htm What do they mean that most EU countries are nearly completely metric (aren't they fully)? Why is Canada, India and Australia only half way? Aren't they more then that?
Brenton, are you from Australia (your e-mail address ends in .au)? Can you give me some input on how much Australia is metric? Not from an official perspective, but from your personal experience. How much imperial/FFU lingers on and where? Where does industry stand? Euric It's curious that in an international engineering meeting, English is the accepted language. What's not accepted, however, are the units of measure on the equipment under discussion. Engineering units still cause difficulties in the global interchange of parts and data. All countries are now in various degrees of transitions to the metric system. Most of the EU countries are nearly completely metric whereas other countries such as Canada, India and Australia are about half way. In comparison, the USA may be about 20% metric. Many of our products and industries have been metric for quite some time, while automotive companies have been in this transition process for more than 20 years. Changing to the metric system presents an opportunity for companies to unify metric standards worldwide and encourage the use of more interchangeable parts. These can be mass produced in fewer variety which benefit consumers and producers alike. To make more parts interchangeable, other factors must also be interchangeable, such as the nominal size of a part, its tolerances, and material quality. A bolt, for example, must have the same physical size, tolerance, and strength class. Steel plates are interchangeable when the thickness, size, tolerance, and the steel quality are sufficiently close to swapping one manufacturer to another. More importantly, purchasing interchangeable parts and components around the world provides an opportunity to reduce manufacturing costs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenton Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2003-11-01 07:42 Subject: [USMA:27379] go metricUSA > I found go <http://www.kok.com/sponsor.htm> metricUSA whilst browsing the > net... > > > > http://www.kok.com/sponsor.htm <<< who is prepared to assist with their > sponsorship? > >
