This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Aluminum sheet metal gauge table.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
For example in one gauge system 18 gauge steel measures 0 0478 inches thick but 18 gauge aluminum is 0 0403 inches thick.
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.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
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.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.
Because of the varying thicknesses a gauge chart should be used to ensure the metal meets the required dimensions.
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Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Sheet metal manufacturing and services the following sheet metal gauge size reference chart gives the weight and thickness of sheet metal given as a gauge sometimes spelled gage and indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal and wire for most materials as the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh.