British Standard Sheet Metal Thickness

Relevant din standards for metal.

British standard sheet metal thickness.

Sheet metal is one of the shapes and forms metal can be bought in. One us gauge for sheet metal is based on the weight of the sheet not on the thick ness. Thicknesses can vary significantly. Millimetres mils gauge.

The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. It most likely originated from the british wire industry before the standard and metric measurement systems were widely. Sheet metal thickness and british standard wire gauge swg swg no inches mm 1 0 300 7 620 5 0 212 5 385 10 0 128 3 251 12 0 104 2 641. In most cases a higher gauge number means smaller.

There are other measurement units used to categorise metals by thickness though. Their equivalents in inches are displayed in table 1. Buyers of other thicknesses may be required to purchase full coil weight quantities. En 10 259 wide strip and plate sheet made of stainless steel.

Relevant en standards for metal sheets and plates. 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. 44 560 115 7793 email. Compared with the old british standard tolerances bs en 10259 has the following differences.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. Gauges are old measures of thickness. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered.

Preferred thicknesses are shown and are intended to indicate which gauges are more likely to be available on an ex stock basis from suppliers. Or the british standard wire gauge. En 10 051 continuously hot rolled strip and plate sheet cut from wide strip of non alloy and alloy steels. Sheet metal is any metal that has a thickness in between 0 5 6 millimetres.

Unit 4 yakira buildings 83 sefton lane maghull liverpool l31 8bu. 44 151 526 4777 fax. 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. Foils sheets and plates are pretty much the same with the only difference being in thickness.