Convert Feet per Minute to Millimetres per Second
Convert Feet per Minute (ft/min) to Millimetres per Second (mm/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
mm/s = ft/min × 5.08
About Feet per Minute
A foot per minute (ft/min) = 5.08 × 10⁻³ m/s - the US standard for elevator speed, HVAC duct velocity, and conveyor speed. Residential lifts: 100-200 ft/min; commercial 200-400 ft/min; skyscraper express lifts 1,000-3,000 ft/min (Burj Khalifa 2,953 ft/min). HVAC low-velocity ductwork: 500-1,000 ft/min; medium-velocity 1,000-2,200 ft/min. Paper machine Fourdrinier wires: 200-6,000 ft/min. 1 ft/min = 0.00508 m/s.
About Millimetres per Second
A millimetre per second (mm/s) is 10⁻³ m/s - the speed of slow industrial mechanisms and recognisable biological motion. FDM 3D printers move at 40-120 mm/s for perimeters and 150-300 mm/s for infill. Garden snails travel 0.5-1.5 mm/s; earthworms 3-5 mm/s. CNC finishing operations run 1-several hundred mm/s. Hydraulic precision slides work at mm/s for surface preparation. Ultrasound particle velocities in soft tissue are also in this range. 1 mm/s = 10⁻³ m/s.
Quick Reference Table
| Feet per Minute (ft/min) | Millimetres per Second (mm/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 ft/min | 5.08 mm/s |
| 2 ft/min | 10.16 mm/s |
| 5 ft/min | 25.4 mm/s |
| 10 ft/min | 50.8 mm/s |
| 25 ft/min | 127 mm/s |
| 50 ft/min | 254 mm/s |
| 100 ft/min | 508 mm/s |