Thickness Sheet Metal Gauges

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Thickness sheet metal gauges. Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area. 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. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal. Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.

Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. 4 5 out of 5 stars 12. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.

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. In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. Glarks 3 pack stainless steel welding gauge set 25 3000um wet film comb wire metal sheet thickness gauge round dual sided wire cable sheet gage standard thickness metal gauge awg and sae.

Weight per square foot. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh. Originally used in the.

Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge. Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing. Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00. 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.

This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.