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.
10 gauge steel thickness chart.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
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.
The following sheet metal gauge size reference chart gives the weight and thickness of sheet metal given as a gauge sometimes spelled gage and indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal and wire for most materials as the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Steel thickness conversion table gauge inch mm gauge no.
Bwg birmingham wire gauge for iron steel wire usg us standard gauge for stainless steel.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.
Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
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 is known as the manufacturers standard gauge for sheet steel.
For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
Mesteel steel thickness conversion tables tables.
Thus a 10.
Convert gauges bwg usg to inches and millimeters.
Sheet metal gauge thickness chart 2019 10 24t01 36 33 00 00 when working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
For galvanized material the decimal by gauge and weight per pound is different than steel due to the coating weight.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.