In the u s the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional non linear measure known as its gauge.
General tolerance sheet metal thickness.
Commonly used steel sheet metal ranges from 30 gauge to about 7 gauge.
By press working from sheet metal and shear from metal plates technical data technical data table 1.
General tolerance iso 2768 does not specify where to use these tolerances.
This is identical to the requirements of en 10259.
In most of the world sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters.
And astma653 a653m 94 standard specification for sheet steel zinc coat.
Category b c d.
Over 400 to 1000 incl.
Sheet metal thickness tolerances for austenitic ferritic and martensitic stainless steels.
A tolerance can be beneficial to both the producer and the purchaser.
Standard specification for general requirements for sheet steel metallic coated by the hot dip process formerly astma525.
In the above example m and k has defined the tolerance.
Stainless steel sheet metal tolerances table chart.
You can use this sheet metal data table for all the common commercial grades of stainless steel such as 304 316 and 430.
And for machined components iso 27 68 fh can be used.
For instance a purchaser may want a metal sheet that is 48 inches long by 96 inches wide.
The larger the gauge number the thinner the metal.
General dimensional tolerance of blanking unit mm 1.
The flatness tolerance of of strip sheet plate and cut length shall not exceed 10mm for normal cases and 7mm where a special tolerance fs is required for length 3000mm and 12mm for normal cases and 8mm where a special tolerance fs is required for length 3000mm.
These are the most common grades asked for by our customers when wanting sheet metal fabrications.
Over 120 to 400 incl.
As per design requirements and manufacturing capability tolerance class is defined.
The flatness tolerance of of strip sheet plate and cut length shall not exceed 10mm for normal cases and 7mm where a special tolerance fs is required for length 3000mm and 12mm for normal cases and 8mm where a special tolerance fs is required for length 3000mm.
Galvanized sheet thickness tolerances thickness in inches weight thickness in millimeters gage min.
For sheet metal parts iso 27 68 mk is used.