Stainless Steel Sheet Gauge Thickness

How are sheet metal gauges used.

Stainless steel sheet gauge thickness.

Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. 0 063 1 60 mm 0 003. 0 120 3 05 mm 0 005.

Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area. Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh 41 82 0 1345 5 625 pounds per square foot. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.

Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing. 0 025 0 64 mm 0 002. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.

10 gauge 3 571 mm aluminum brass copper. 0 038 0 96 mm 0 002. Gauge thickness thickness tolerance. 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.

This type of stainless sheet thickness provides excellent corrosion resistance for both industrial and marine applications. Ryerson stocks many varieties of stainless steel sheet including 304 stainless steel the most popular of the stainless steels. 0 078 1 98 mm 0 004. For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen.

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. 0 050 1 27 mm 0 0025. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. 10 gauge 3 416 mm galvanized steel.

10 gauge 2 588 mm. 0 109 2 77 mm 0 004. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel. 0 031 0 79 mm 0 002 24 gauge.