Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems.
18 gauge stainless steel sheet thickness.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal.
For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen.
The thickness of an 18 gauge aluminum sheet is 0403 inch.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
The thickness of an 18 gauge stainless steel sheet is 0516 inch.
Using the manufacturers standard gauge table the thickness of 18 gauge mild steel sheet metal is 0478 inch thick.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its 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.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.