Corresponds to the standard steel thickness of 0 0329 inches 0 84mm.
Sheet metal gauge thickness mm.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 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.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.