Standard Sheet Metal Plate Thickness

A variety of standard thicknesses and sizes are available.

Standard sheet metal plate thickness.

Approximate thickness in millimeters. Thicknesses can vary significantly. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch.

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. Sheet metal is any metal that has a thickness in between 0 5 6 millimetres.

Steel plate and sheet styles industrial metal supply offers a huge selection of steel sheet and plate products. Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered. We also offer cut to size service to give you plate and sheet that matches you exact specifications.

For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Example weight of steel plate the weight of a 1 inch thick 36 3 ft x 96 8 ft steel plate with weight 40 8 lb ft 2 from table above can be calculated as. Millimetres mils gauge. Weight per square foot.

Our inventory of steel sheet and steel plate includes. Steel sheets and plates are typical stocked in 36 48 and 60 widths and 96 120 and 144 lengths. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. 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.

There are other measurement units used to categorise metals by thickness though. Foils sheets and plates are pretty much the same with the only difference being in thickness. Sheet metal is one of the shapes and forms metal can be bought in.