13 Gauge Sheet Metal

In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.

13 gauge sheet metal. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.

Stainless steel perforated sheet 304 ss perforated steel sheet plate expanded metal sheet plate mesh hole size 3mm stagger 4 8mm 300mmx300mmx1 3mm 3 5 out of 5 stars 2 13 49 13. In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge. Item 168753 model 11786. This is known as the manufacturers standard.

Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing sponsored links wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. 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. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.

Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. 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.

Sheet metal thickness is denoted by gauge sometimes spelled gage which indicates a standard thickness before processing.