Metric Sheet Metal Gauges

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

Metric sheet metal gauges.

In stock and ready to ship. 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. Sheet metal manufacturing and services 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. Parker steel home page metric metal.

Gauge to thickness chart. 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. 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 27 0 0172 0 43 0 0202 0 51 0 0164 0 42 0 0142 0 36 26 0 0187 0 48 0 0217 0 55 0 0179 0 45 0 0159 40 25 0 0219 0 56 0 0247 0 63 0 0209 0 53 0 0179 0 46 24 0. Cold rolled steel sheets dc01 electro galvanized steel sheets dc01 ze and hot dip galvanized steel sheets dx51d.

This chart covers the common and uncommon sheet metal sizes for steel aluminum and galvanized steel. Standard steel mm non ferrous aluminum mm galvanized steel mm 000000. 16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per square foot. Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.

Parker steel company same day shipping largest inventory of metric metals in north america. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Choose from our selection of metric sheet metal screws including over 80 products in a wide range of styles and sizes. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.

Cold rolled carbon steel sheet metal is used in automotive panels trailer siding roofing and fuel tanks. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. Carbon sheet we offer three types of metric low carbon steel sheets.