Convert Millimeters per Second to Meters per Minute

Formula

m/min = mm/s × 0.06

or m/min = mm/s ÷ 16.66666666667

Derivation from SI units:

• 1 mm/s = 0.001 m ÷ 1 s = 1 L/(m²·s)
• 1 m/min = 1 m ÷ 60 s (equivalently 1 m³/min of flow per 1 m² of cloth)
• 1 mm/s = 0.001 m/s ÷ 0.01666666666667 m/s per m/min = 0.06 m/min

Both units are defined exactly, so the factor is exact. Millimeter per Second definition: millimeter per second; Meter per Minute definition: meter per minute.

Worked examples

1. A reading of 100 mm/s converts to 6 m/min.
   100 mm/s × 0.06 = 6 m/min
2. A value of 500 mm/s is 30 m/min.
   500 mm/s × 0.06 = 30 m/min

Where it's used

Millimeters per Second are used for air permeability of fabrics, nonwovens and papers (ISO 9237, EN ISO 9237), while meters per minute appear in baghouse and dust-collector air-to-cloth ratio (pulse-jet ≈ 1–2 m/min). Both measure face velocity and air permeability (volumetric flow per unit area), so the conversion is a fixed factor.

Millimeter per Second to other face velocity & air permeability units

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 2 with SI prefix milli.
• ISO 9237:1995 Textiles — Determination of the permeability of fabrics to air, International Organization for Standardization , results expressed in mm/s.
• The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 8 (minute).

Last reviewed: 2026-10-15. Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.