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.
Thickness of 22 gauge steel sheet.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
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.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing sponsored links wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch.
Wire metal sheet thickness gauge 14 16 18 20 22 24 wire gauge thickness size inspection tool welding gauge stainless steel 4 4 out of 5 stars 114 8 29 8.