Stainless Steel Sheet Gauges Thickness

Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.

Stainless steel sheet gauges thickness.

The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal. For the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the united states of america namely. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. The gauges shown above are based on american stainless steel sheet steel manufacturers gauge thickness.

Our suppliers have provided the material data above with the nominal thicknesses based on industry standards. 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. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.

In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.