Sheet Metal Raw Material Grade

Material selection is done based on product functional requirements by looking at material physical and mechanical properties.

Sheet metal raw material grade.

To help you select the right metal for industrial or commercial application msc stocks a vast assortment of products in a variety of materials in aluminum brass bronze copper iron nickel. Sheet metal is a comprehensive cold working process for metal sheets usually below 6mm including shearing punching cutting folding riveting splicing forming such as car body etc. Thicknesses can vary significantly. European standards en 10027.

Japanese steel grades. On the other hand in the case of sae j403 grade 1008 the spec allows for up to 0 10 percent carbon with no minimum. For alloys in general including steel unified numbering system uns of astm international and the society of automotive engineers sae. Type of rolling operation hot rolling or cold rolling operation also has an impact on sheet metal material properties.

For example 1010 steel is a carbon steel with a nominal 0 10 percent carbon level. Steel grades standards by country. American steel grades. Aisi sae steel grades standard british standards.

International organization for standardization iso ts 4949 2003. Extremely thin sheets are considered foil or leaf and pieces thicker than 6 mm 0 25 in are considered. Sheet metal is metal formed by an industrial process into thin flat pieces. Various sheet metal material grades are available in the market.

Astm s steel standards are instrumental in classifying evaluating and specifying the material chemical mechanical and metallurgical properties of the different types of steels which are primarily used in the production of mechanical components industrial parts and construction elements as well as other accessories related to them. 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. Types of sheet metal. Galvanized steel coils are widely used in the construction industry as raw material for the production of corrugated panels fencing products drywall panel profiles ventilation systems etc.

Its remarkable feature is the same thickness of the same part. Commonly used sheet metal materials can be divided into two categories.