Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
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In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing sponsored links wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
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.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
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In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
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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.
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A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.