In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Steel sheet metal thickness chart.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
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Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
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Sheet metal gauge size chart gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh.
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.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
Sheet metal thickness gauge chart in inches gauge mild steel aluminum galvanized steel stainless steel 3 0 2391 0 2294 0 2500 4 0 2242 0 2043 0 2344 5 0 2092 0 1819 0 2187 6 0 1943 0 1620 0 2031 7 0 1793 0 1443 0 1875 8 0 1644 0 1285 0 1680 0 1719 9 0 1495 0 1144 0 1532 0 1562.
Click here for a gauge to mm conversion chart.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.