Steel sheet metal tolerances.
Sheet metal gauge to mm.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
The story of gauge.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively.
0 1345 3 42 0 1405 3 57 0 1285 3 26 11.
0 1196 3 04 0 1256 3 19.
As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Typically the even number gauges are used more frequently.
Gauge nominal in mm max in mm min in mm 10.
Click here for a gauge to mm conversion chart.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
This is known as the manufacturers standard.
This chart covers the common and uncommon sheet metal sizes for steel aluminum and galvanized steel.
The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm.
Sheet metal thickness is denoted by gauge sometimes spelled gage which indicates a standard thickness before processing.
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.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.