Stainless Steel Sheet Gauge Thickness

The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.

Stainless steel sheet gauge thickness.

0 031 0 79 mm 0 002 24 gauge. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area. 0 063 1 60 mm 0 003.

10 gauge 3 416 mm galvanized steel. 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 3 571 mm aluminum brass copper. 0 109 2 77 mm 0 004.

0 120 3 05 mm 0 005. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. 0 050 1 27 mm 0 0025. Ryerson stocks many varieties of stainless steel sheet including 304 stainless steel the most popular of the stainless steels.

For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. 10 gauge 2 588 mm. How are sheet metal gauges used. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.

Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal. 0 038 0 96 mm 0 002. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.

Gauge thickness thickness tolerance. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. 10 gauge 3 51 mm stainless steel. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.

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. 0 025 0 64 mm 0 002. 0 078 1 98 mm 0 004. Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh 41 82 0 1345 5 625 pounds per square foot.