Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
Common aluminum sheet thickness.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
The gauge system has long history in metal fabrication.
For other materials such as aluminum and brass the thicknesses will be different.
There are several different gauge systems used today with specific gauge designations used for specific metal types.
Aluminum sheet thickness tolerances xls author.
6 0 25 0 thick sheets mm.
For example in one gauge system 18 gauge steel measures 0 0478 inches thick but 18 gauge aluminum is 0 0403 inches thick.
Aluminum is a general purpose alloy commonly used in extrusions and is also available in sheet metal.
25 200 super thick sheets mm.
History of the gauge system.
2 0 6 0 medium thick sheets mm.
Thickness 36 48 60 title.
Thus a 10 gauge steel sheet which has a thickness of 0 1345 inches will weigh 41 82 0 1345 5 625 pounds per square foot.
6061 aluminum is also very easy to machine.
Aluminum sheet thickness tolerances 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 1100 3003 5052 6061 2024 7075 190 007 0055 009 007.
The aluminum sheet metal thickness can be divided into four categories.
16 ga crs is 2 5 pounds per square foot.
Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper.