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Standard sheet metal thicknesses metric.
Cold rolled steel sheets dc01 electro galvanized steel sheets dc01 ze and hot dip galvanized steel sheets dx51d.
We offer three types of metric low carbon steel sheets.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Sheet metal is manufactured and delivered from the processing mill rolled to the standard thickness that you specify which is now metric.
304 316 409 420 430 cold rolled stainless sheet.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
Thickness tolerance specified width.
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.
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.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Cold rolled carbon steel sheet metal is used in automotive panels trailer siding roofing and fuel tanks.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.