Stainless Steel Sheet Gauges Thickness

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

Stainless steel sheet gauges thickness.

Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge. Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge. Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch. 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 larger the gauge number the thinner the metal. The gauges shown above are based on american stainless steel sheet steel manufacturers gauge thickness. 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.

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.