Convert gauges bwg usg to inches and millimeters.
Steel sheet metal thickness mm.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Mesteel steel thickness conversion tables tables.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively.
Click here for a gauge to mm conversion chart.
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.
10 gauge 3 51 mm stainless steel.
10 gauge 3 571 mm aluminum brass copper.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
10 gauge 2 588 mm.