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| Simon:
I am designing various EMC filters that will need to be housed in steel. Usually sheet metal suppliers only go as low as 0.9mm but this is really thick and heavy for my needs. i am thinking more like the sort of metal used in RF cans and boxes in TV's. Is there anyone that supplies this sort of stuff? |
| KL27x:
The only sheet steel I could find at my local Home Despot is 0.6mm. :-// |
| Simon:
i am in the UK and we need to buy it by the 1x1m or larger sheet to put on a laser. |
| bd139:
Look for shim steel instead of sheet steel. Goes down to 0.05mm Not sure what sort you need but you can get CS4 mild steel for cold forming relatively cheaply. Only pain is it usually comes in strips rather than large 1m sheets |
| Simon:
Well basically steel will make a better enclosure than aluminium which is our go to material but it's heavy and for the frequencies involved something sensibly thin will be fine. "sheet" metal can be got at down to 30swg or about 0.35mm but not one actually stocks it or they want silly money for it. |
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