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.
Aluminum sheet metal gage thickness.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Super thick sheets mm.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
For example in one gauge system 18 gauge steel measures 0 0478 inches thick but 18 gauge aluminum is 0 0403 inches thick.
There are several different gauge systems used today with specific gauge designations used for specific metal types.
The aluminum sheet metal thickness can be divided into four categories.
Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.
16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per.
Thus 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.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
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 29 0 0141 0 36 0 0172 0 44 0 0135 0 34 0 0113 0 29 28 1 64 0 0156 0 41 0 0187 0 47 0 0149 0 38 0 0126 0 32.