Common Sheet Metal Thickness Metric

Stainless steel sheet has great durability and tensile strength.

Common sheet metal thickness metric.

The high quality finish makes stainless steel sheet an excellent choice for the food industry whether that is food production or storage we offer stainless steel sheet in a variety of grades and common metric sizes. Cold rolled steel sheets dc01 electro galvanized steel sheets dc01 ze and hot dip galvanized steel sheets dx51d. Galvanized steel sheets offer a better defense against corrosion and are easy to weld and drill. Cold rolled carbon steel sheet metal is used in automotive panels trailer siding roofing and fuel tanks.

1000 thru 1300. We offer three types of metric low carbon steel sheets. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. Anything thicker sheets only note these are probably mostly metric equivalents to common imperial sizes tolerance seems to be 4 and 8.

The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. What of the usa is si metric. A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.

1 6 1 8 2 2 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 10 12 this type of stock comes in rolls or sheets. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Custom cutting services are also available.