Standard Sheet Metal Plate Thickness

Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces.

Standard sheet metal plate thickness.

Steel plate and sheet styles industrial metal supply offers a huge selection of steel sheet and plate products. Approximate thickness in decimal parts of an inch. Steel sheets and plates are typical stocked in 36 48 and 60 widths and 96 120 and 144 lengths. Approximate thickness in millimeters.

A variety of standard thicknesses and sizes are available. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. Weight per square foot. As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.

We also offer cut to size service to give you plate and sheet that matches you exact specifications. Sheet metal is any metal that has a thickness in between 0 5 6 millimetres. Gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.

Sheet metal is one of the shapes and forms metal can be bought in. Sheet metal is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking and it can be cut and bent into a variety of shapes countless everyday objects are fabricated from sheet metal. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered.

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. Millimetres mils gauge. Thicknesses can vary significantly. Approximate thickness in fractions of an inch.

Our inventory of steel sheet and steel plate includes. Foils sheets and plates are pretty much the same with the only difference being in thickness. There are other measurement units used to categorise metals by thickness though.