Standard Stainless Steel Gauges

The manufacturers standard gage provides the thicknesses for standard steel galvanized steel and stainless steel.

Standard stainless steel gauges. Gauges are neither standard nor metric and the values are independent of those measurement systems. The gauges shown above are based on american stainless steel sheet steel manufacturers gauge thickness. Our suppliers have provided the material data above with the nominal thicknesses based on industry standards. These will vary from british gauges with some exceptions.

Number of gauge approximate thickness in fractions of an inch. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel. Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge. 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. The brown and sharpe gage also known as the american wire gage awg is used for most non ferrous metals such as aluminum and brass. The 16 gauge stainless steel is considered to be the standard in the steel industry. Most of the people don t know what is the actual range of the gauge is.

This gauge measures approximately 0 0598 inch in thickness. The 18 gauge steel measures around 0 0478 inch thick while the 20 gauge steel measures about 0 0359 inch thick. 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. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness.

In terms of stainless steel sinks the 18 gauge or 20 gauge steel is commonly sold. It s a standard unit that used for measuring the sheet. Thus a 10. Gauge and weight chart for sheet steel galvanized steel stainless steel aluminum and strip tubing sponsored links wire gauge is a measure for the size of a wire either in diameter or in cross sectional area.

As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. Manufacturers standard gauge for sheet steel is based on an average density of 41 82 lb per square foot per inch thick equivalent to 501 84 pounds per cubic foot 8 038 7 kg m 3.