Standard Sheet Steel Gauges

Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel.

Standard sheet steel gauges.

In europe and many other parts of the world the weight is measured in kilograms per square meter. Cold rolled commercial quality a569. Every sheet of a specific gauge has a specific weight. Sheet metal size specifications.

Hot rolled commercial quality a570. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. Standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel. 10 gauge 2 588 mm.

The brown and sharpe gage also known as the american wire gage awg is used for most non ferrous metals such as aluminum and brass. 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. Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a.

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. 10 gauge 3 416 mm galvanized steel. 36 x 96 36 x 120 36 x 144. Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.

Gauges are used to specify the thickness of a sheet metal. Gauge sheet steel. 10 gauge 3 571 mm aluminum brass copper. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.

A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. Mechanical tolerances astm ansi steel sheets. There are a variety of standard sheet metal sizes including. Standard gauges of sheet metal chart.

Copper thickness for example is measured in ounces representing the weight of copper contained in an area of one square foot. How are sheet metal gauges used. 10 gauge 3 51 mm stainless steel. The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.

Material specifications for steel sheet metal. Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper. In the uk the birmingham gage bg is used for a variety of metals and should not be confused with the birmingham wire gage bwg which is used for wires. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.

Please note that astm states in specification astm a480 10a the use of gage number is discouraged as being an archaic term of limited usefulness not having general agreement on. Hot rolled structural quality a526. 1 2893 7 3 2812 7 1 2 2576 6 5 2656 6 7 3 2391 6 1 2294 5 8 2500 6 4 4 2242 5 7 2043 5 2 2344 6 0 5 2092 5 3 1819 4 6 2187 5 6 6 1943 4 9 1620 4 1 2031 5 2 7 1793 4 6 1443 3 7 1875 4 8 8 1644 4 2 1285 3 3 1719 4 4 9 1495 3 8 1144 2 9 1562 4 0. Zinc coated galvanized steel a526 a527.

In the u s the weight is measured using pounds per square foot.