A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
Ss sheet metal thickness.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
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.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Use it for high pressure applications in caustic environments.
The gauges shown above are based on american stainless steel sheet steel manufacturers gauge thickness.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
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.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
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.
These will vary from british gauges with some exceptions.
2205 stainless steel resists cracking even when faced with a combination of tensile stress corrosive chemicals and heat.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Also known as duplex stainless steel it has twice the strength of 316 stainless steel.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.