Hot rolled commercial quality a570.
Standard sheet steel gauges.
How are sheet metal gauges used.
36 x 96 36 x 120 36 x 144.
10 gauge 3 571 mm aluminum brass copper.
Cold rolled commercial quality a569.
There are a variety of standard sheet metal sizes including.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel.
In the u s the weight is measured using pounds per square foot.
The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper.
Hot rolled structural quality a526.
10 gauge 3 416 mm galvanized steel.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
10 gauge 2 588 mm.
Copper thickness for example is measured in ounces representing the weight of copper contained in an area of one square foot.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a.
1 2893 7 3 2812 7 1 2 2576 6 5 2656 6 7 3 2391 6 1 2294 5 8 2500 6 4 4 2242 5 7 2043 5 2 2344 6 0 5 2092 5 3 1819 4 6 2187 5 6 6 1943 4 9 1620 4 1 2031 5 2 7 1793 4 6 1443 3 7 1875 4 8 8 1644 4 2 1285 3 3 1719 4 4 9 1495 3 8 1144 2 9 1562 4 0.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Gauge sheet steel.
In the uk the birmingham gage bg is used for a variety of metals and should not be confused with the birmingham wire gage bwg which is used for wires.
Every sheet of a specific gauge has a specific weight.
Standard gauges of sheet metal chart.
The brown and sharpe gage also known as the american wire gage awg is used for most non ferrous metals such as aluminum and brass.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Related product s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Zinc coated galvanized steel a526 a527.
Please note that astm states in specification astm a480 10a the use of gage number is discouraged as being an archaic term of limited usefulness not having general agreement on.
Sheet metal size specifications.
Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal.
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.
Mechanical tolerances astm ansi steel sheets.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
In europe and many other parts of the world the weight is measured in kilograms per square meter.
10 gauge 3 51 mm stainless steel.
