Steel Sheet Gauge Chart

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.

Steel sheet gauge chart.

The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

This is known as the manufacturers standard. 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. Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing. 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.