Steel Measurement Sheet

A792 a792m 10 2015 standard specification for steel sheet 55 aluminum zinc alloy coated by the hot dip process.

Steel measurement sheet.

2030 cross street eugene oregon 97402 usa no. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. It should be noted that aluminum is usually classified by inches rather than gauge as there is no official gauge standard for aluminum. If you want to find out what gauge your sheet metal is measure its thickness using a regular tape measure.

Steel sheets and plates are typical stocked in 36 48 and 60 widths and 96 120 and 144 lengths. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. Manufacturers standard gauge for sheet steel is based on an average density of 41 82 lb per square foot per inch thick equivalent to 501 84 pounds per cubic foot 8 038 7 kg m 3.

Example weight of steel plate the weight of a 1 inch thick 36 3 ft x 96 8 ft steel plate with weight 40 8 lb ft2 from table above can be calculated as w 40 8 lb ft2 3 ft 8 ft. Sheet metal guage tool sheet thickness gauge stainless steel welding gage plated size inspection tool pack of 2 wire guage measurement tool 4 6 out of 5 stars 58 6 99 6. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. Coyote steel co.

Gauge to thickness chart gauge stainless galvanized sheet steel aluminum fraction inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 30 0 0125 0 33 0 0157 0 40 0 0120 0 30 0 0100 0 25. Gauge is defined differently for ferrous iron based and non ferrous metals e g. Standard specification for steel sheet metallic coated by the hot dip process and prepainted by the coil coating process for exterior exposed building products. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

The higher the numbered gauge a piece of metal is the thicker the piece is in millimeters. Galvanized steel sheet metal measuring 30 gauges equals 0 0157 inch but the same gauge standard steel sheet metal measures 0 0120 inch and 30 gauge stainless steel measures 0 0125 inch. 1 handbook of steel sizes weights for industry phone.