Originally used in the fields of medicine and jewellery the larger the number the smaller the diameter and now it is also used to indicate the thickness.
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American wire gauge identifier shows the same markings as brown sharpe gauges.
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.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
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Sheet metal thickness is denoted by gauge sometimes spelled gage which indicates a standard thickness before processing.
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Processing may include polishing or the applying of protective plastics which will decrease or increase a sheet s thickness respectively.
A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters.
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Gauge differs between ferrous iron based metals and nonferrous metals such as aluminum or copper.
Stainless steel copper zinc aluminum steel and galvanized steel.
The gauge number 18 holds no relevance to the actual measurements.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
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The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material.
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Gague ga is a length measurement unit for diameters originating in north america and belongs to the browne sharpe metering system.
Click here for a gauge to mm conversion chart.
In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
Wire and sheet metal size identifiers read gauge numbers on one side of these identifiers and their decimal equivalents on the other.
Gague are used to specify the thickness of a metal sheet.