In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
Steel sheet thickness.
Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
When working with sheet metal the term gauge is often used.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.