Use our handy chart to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
Standard aluminum sheet thickness in inches.
Because of the varying thicknesses a gauge chart should be used to ensure the metal meets the required dimensions.
Inches by alloy group and width nominal thickness 36 48 60 title.
6061 aluminum is also very easy to machine.
16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per square foot.
Aluminum sheet thickness tolerances 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 190 007.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
Aluminum sheet thickness tolerances xls author.
These units are neither standard of metric and are completely independent of those typical measurement systems.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
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Sheet steel aluminum fraction.
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.
0 0187 0 452 0 0217 0 55 0 0179 0 45 0 0159 40 25.
For example in one gauge system 18 gauge steel measures 0 0478 inches thick but 18 gauge aluminum is 0 0403 inches thick.
However it is not recommended for sheet metal work because it tends to crack on the outside radii once it passes its yield and therefore requires a much larger radii to be able to bend properly.
For example 14 gauge stainless steel is 07812 inches thick.
For 18 ga crs the.
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.
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0 0219 0 56 0 0247 0 63 0 0209 0 53.
An aluminum sheet metal thickness refers to the thickness of an aluminium sheets a flat square or rectangle piece of aluminum material with a thickness of between 0 2mm and 500mm a width of 200mm some are even 50mm and above and more and a length of 16m or less.
Aluminum is a general purpose alloy commonly used in extrusions and is also available in sheet metal.
The aluminum sheet metal thickness can be divided into four categories.
Inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 26.
General information of aluminum sheet thickness.