Standard Sheet Metal Thicknesses Metric

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

Standard sheet metal thicknesses metric.

When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. We offer three types of metric low carbon steel sheets. 304 316 409 420 430 cold rolled stainless sheet. Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the.

For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart. Our premium steel plate and sheet metal also known as hot rolled coil hot rolled plate or simply metal plate is available in a variety of thicknesses from 3mm 80mm to suit the needs of every project. Cold rolled carbon steel sheet metal is used in automotive panels trailer siding roofing and fuel tanks. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.

Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. The sheet metal does however have a tolerance on the rolling thickness which needs to be taken into account when designing a tight fitting assembly especially as the sheet metal material gets thicker. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.

Equal to less than 1000 1000 thru 1300 1300 thru 2100. Sheet metal is manufactured and delivered from the processing mill rolled to the standard thickness that you specify which is now metric. Thickness tolerance specified width.