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.
Steel plate thickness.
For the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the united states of america namely.
The table below is an indication of the thicknesses that are available in each category so for structural steel we range from 0 300mm.
Orrcon steel structural steel hot rolled plates and checker plate are supplied in accordance with as nzs 3678 thickness ranging from 3mm to 100mm and 2 1mm to 6mm for checker plate.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Home mild steel plate steel metal plate steel metal plate our premium steel plate and sheet metal also known as hot rolled coil hot rolled plate or simply metal plate is available in a variety of thicknesses from 3mm 80mm to suit the needs of every project.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
It is easy to weld cut form and machine.
This provides you with a large ranges of options for your design and production enabling the production cycle to be kept short.
Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
A36 steel plate is one of the most popular hot rolled low carbon steel plates used in manufacturing fabrication and repair projects a36 steel plate adds strength and rigidity to any project at a lower price compared to other grades of steel plate.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Example weight of steel plate the weight of a 1 inch thick 36 3 ft x 96 8 ft steel plate with weight 40 8 lb ft 2 from table above can be calculated as.
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.