Common Sheet Metal Gauges

Metal foil is especially common with aluminium often referred to as tinfoil.

Common sheet metal gauges.

For 18 ga crs the weight is 2 0 pounds per square foot. Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch. The thickness of foil is usually up to 0 2 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.

Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts. Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh 41 82 0 1345 5 625 pounds per square foot. For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different. 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.

Anything above that is a metal plate. Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch. Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

The corresponding galvanized steel thickness is 0 0366 inches 0 93mm and the corresponding aluminum thickness is 0 028 inches 0 71mm. Sheet metal is the next in line. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel. 16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per square foot.

The story of gauge. Lastly a standard exists for zinc in which a higher gauge number indicates a thicker sheet. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of 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.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.