Advantage Fabricated Metals provides custom metal components, metal forming, and fabricating services for original equipment manufacturing (OEM) applications.  
Advantage Fabricated Metals home Site map Contact Advantage Fabricated Metals
Advantage Fabricated Metals - We invest in our customers   Call Advantage Fabricated Metals at 1-773-650-1390 to speak to a custom metal fabricating service representative.
 
About Advantage Fabricated Metals
Services
Materials
Benefits
Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary
Tips and Facts
Links and resources
Photo template

Home > Metal Fabricating Tips & Facts > Steel Thickness Charts

Steel thickness charts

The charts that follow illustrates the +/- tolerance variation for galvanized, hot-rolled, and cold-rolled steel. The tolerance variation is directly related to and dependent on the specified width and thickness of the material to be roll formed.

Galvanized steel

Specified Width,
Inches		 Thickness tolerance, inch over only.
No tolerance under specified minimum thickness
over .101
thru .177		 over .075
thru .101		 over .061
thru .075		 over .043
thru .061		 over .023
thru .043		 .023 and
thinner
--- thru 32 .016 .014 .012 .010 .008 .006
over 32 thru 40 .016 .016 .012 .010 .008 .006
over 40 thru 60 .018 .016 .012 .010 .008 .006
over 60 thru 72 .018 .018 .012 .010 .008 ---

top

Hot rolled steel

Specified Width,
Inches		 Thickness tolerance, inch over only.
No tolerance under specified minimum thickness
over .179
thru .230		 over .097
thru .179		 over .082
thru .097		 over .071
thru .082
--- thru 20 .016 .016 .014 .014
over 20 thru 32 .018 .016 .014 .014
over 32 thru 40 .018 .018 .016 .014
over 40 thru 48 .020 .020 .016 .014
over 48 thru 60 --- .020 .016 .014
over 60 thru 72 --- .022 .018 .016
over 72 --- --- .024 .018 .016

top

Cold rolled steel

Specified Width,
Inches		 Thickness tolerance, inch over only.
No tolerance under specified minimum thickness
over .098
thru .142		 over .071
thru .098		 over .057
thru .071		 over .039
thru .057		 over .019
thru .039		 .over .014
thru .019
24 thru 72 .012 .010 .010 .008 .006 .004
over 72 .014 .012 .010 .008 .006 ---

top

For more information about Advantage Fabricated Metals and the metal forming, metal fabricating, and welding services we provide, please fill out our contact form or call us at 1-815-323-1310.

Related metal fabricating services, tips and facts:

back to tips & facts index

About Advantage Fabricated Metals | Metal Forming Services
Materials | Benefits | FAQs | Metal Forming and Welding Glossary
Tips & Facts | Links & Resources | Site Map
Contact Us | Home

Advantage Fabricated Metals
a division of Corrugated Metals, Inc.
We invest in our customers.™
3575 Morreim Drive • Belvidere, Illinois 61008
Phone: 1-815-323-1310 • Fax: 1-815-323-1317
Email: info@advantagefabricatedmetals.com

Copyright ©2003-2022 Advantage Fabricated Metals, Inc.
All rights reserved.

 *