A great tool available to solidworks sheet metal users is the sheet metal gauge table.
Aluminum sheet metal gauge table.
For example in one gauge system 18 gauge steel measures 0 0478 inches thick but 18 gauge aluminum is 0 0403 inches thick.
Wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
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 29 0 0141 0 36 0 0172 0 44 0 0135 0 34 0 0113 0 29 28 1 64 0 0156 0 41 0 0187 0 47 0 0149 0 38 0 0126 0 32 27 0 0172 0 43 0 0202 0 51 0 0164 0 42 0 0142 0 36 26 0 0187 0 48 0 0217 0 55 0 0179 0 45 0 0159 40 25 0 0219 0 56 0 0247 0 63 0 0209.
Sheet metal manufacturing and services the following sheet metal gauge size reference chart gives the weight and thickness of sheet metal given as a gauge sometimes spelled gage and indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal and wire for most materials as the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases.
Sheet metal gauge size chart 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.
Metal gauges below you ll find the info you need with our sheet steel stainless steel and aluminum sheet metal charts.
Use the chart below to convert standard gauge numbers in decimals of an inch for sheet steel aluminum and stainless steel.
For full table with stainless steel aluminum strip and tubing rotate the screen.
Here you will find a chart and easy forumlas to properly match your metal to your brake.
Gauge to thickness chart.
This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.
Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing.
Sheet steel aluminum.
Gauge to thickness chart.
Knowing the proper size of your sheet metal can make life a lot easier when using your sheet metal brake.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh.
Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.
In this table users can configure a microsoft excel spreadsheet to represent the appropriate sheet metal wall thickness based on material and gauge values.
Sheet metal gauge tables.