Standard Sheet Metal Thicknesses Metric

The sheet metal does however have a tolerance on the rolling thickness which needs to be taken into account when designing a tight fitting assembly especially as the sheet metal material gets thicker.

Standard sheet metal thicknesses metric.

We offer three types of metric low carbon steel sheets. When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used. Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the. Cold rolled steel sheets dc01 electro galvanized steel sheets dc01 ze and hot dip galvanized steel sheets dx51d.

Sheet metal is manufactured and delivered from the processing mill rolled to the standard thickness that you specify which is now metric. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet. Cold rolled carbon steel sheet metal is used in automotive panels trailer siding roofing and fuel tanks.

Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. Thickness tolerance specified width. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart.

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. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.