How to Calculate the Weight of a Steel Plate in Detail

How to Calculate the Weight of a Steel Plate in Detail

Knowing how to calculate the weight of steel plates helps construction workers calculate and prepare steel plates suitable for the project. In case there is no available weight conversion table, knowing the calculation formula is extremely useful. If you do not know how to calculate steel plates, see the article below!

Specifications and sizes of steel plates

To meet market demand, steel plates are produced in a variety of specifications and sizes. Your job is to clearly understand what kind of steel plate your project needs to make the right choice.

Steel plates are measured in millimeters (mm). Length and width are measured in meters (m). Normally, the width of steel plates is between 1 and 3 m and the length is 6 m or 12 m. However, for special applications, steel plate sizes will be cut according to customer requirements.

• Common thickness of steel plates is 3mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 15mm, 20mm, and 25mm.
• For applications requiring larger thicknesses, 100mm, 120mm, 150mm, 200mm, 270mm, and 300mm thick iron plates are also produced.

In addition, the specifications of steel plates as well as the sizes of steel plates also depend on the production standards of each country. You can refer to the current steel plate production standards.

The simple way to calculate steel plate weight

Many people think that if they just have a steel plate weight lookup table, they don’t need to worry about anything. However, for students studying construction, design engineers, or newbies, the formula for calculating the weight of steel plates will be very helpful in research and study. Remembering the formula for converting steel plates to kg is almost mandatory when studying this field, and it will make future work easier.

Below are the formulas for calculating the weight and density of steel plates according to each shape:

The formula for calculating the weight of a plain steel plate

Weight of plain steel plate (kg) = Thickness (mm) x Width (meter) x Length (meter) x 7.85 (g/cm3)

• In which: 7.85 (g/cm3) is the density of steel.

• 1500mm = 1.5 meter
• 6000mm = 6 meter

=> Weight of 10mm steel plate = (7.85 x 1.5 x 6 x 10) = 706.5 kg.

The formula for calculating the weight of ribbed steel plate

Weight of checker plate (Kg) = [7.85 x Length (meter) x Width (meter) x Thickness (mm)] + [3 x Width (meter) x Length (meter)]

• In which: 7.85 (g/cm3) is the density of steel.

For example: How to calculate the density of a 6mm x 1500 x 6000 checker plate as follows:

• 1500mm = 1.5 meter
• 6000mm = 6 meter

=> Weight of 1 6mm checker plate = (7.85 x 6 x 1.5 x 6) + (3 x 1.5 x 6) = 450.9 kg.

The formula for calculating kg of round steel plate

Weight of round plate (kg) = 6.25 x Diameter (m) x Diameter (m) x Thickness (mm)

• In which: 7.85 (g/cm3) is the density of steel.

• 550mm = 0.550 meter

Conversion table of steel plate to kg

In addition to applying the formula for calculating the weight of steel plates, we can also use the available conversion table. This table will help save a lot of time and effort. Below is a table of converting steel plates to Kg that you can refer to.

Above is how to calculate the weight of a steel plate. Bao Tin Steel hopes that this information will be really useful to everyone. If you have any questions or need support, call the Hotline: 0932 059 176.

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