Standard Sheet Steel Thickness Mm

Sheet metal is manufactured and delivered from the processing mill rolled to the standard thickness that you specify which is now metric.

Standard sheet steel thickness mm.

Thicknesses can vary significantly. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. The gauges shown above are based on american stainless steel sheet steel manufacturers gauge thickness. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.

These will vary from british gauges with some exceptions. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. The chart below can be used to determine the equivalent sheet thickness in inches or millimeters for a gauge number from the selected gauge size standard.

Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered. Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal.

Lastly a standard exists for zinc in which a higher gauge number indicates a thicker sheet. Our suppliers have provided the material data above with the nominal thicknesses based on industry standards.