The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Steel plate thickness.
Example weight of steel plate the weight of a 1 inch thick 36 3 ft x 96 8 ft steel plate with weight 40 8 lb ft 2 from table above can be calculated as.
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.
It is easy to weld cut form and machine.
Orrcon steel structural steel hot rolled plates and checker plate are supplied in accordance with as nzs 3678 thickness ranging from 3mm to 100mm and 2 1mm to 6mm for checker plate.
The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
This provides you with a large ranges of options for your design and production enabling the production cycle to be kept short.
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.
Gauge to thickness chart 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.
The table below is an indication of the thicknesses that are available in each category so for structural steel we range from 0 300mm.
We focus on having a wide range of plate thicknesses available.
Home mild steel plate steel metal plate steel metal plate our premium steel plate and sheet metal also known as hot rolled coil hot rolled plate or simply metal plate is available in a variety of thicknesses from 3mm 80mm to suit the needs of every project.
For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.
Gauge to thickness chart click here for a printable pdf chart gauge.
Steel sheets and plates are typical stocked in 36 48 and 60 widths and 96 120 and 144 lengths.