Galvanising Reactive Steel Galvanising Reactive Steel Galvanising provides a metallurgical coating, which means the reactivity of the base steel will affect the coating structure and appearance. While most steels are suitable for galvanising and produce a shiny, silver coating, high reactive steels produce a coating that’s typically two to ten times thicker and composed primarily […]
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Embrittlement Embrittlement Although embrittlement after galvanising is rare, there are two types that pose concerns to Engineers and Fabricators: Hydrogen embrittlement can occur when hydrogen gets trapped within the grains of the steel, causing cracking. Accelerated strain-age embrittlement can occur when steel becomes very brittle in high stress areas that are exposed to elevated
A new, bigger galvanizing bath has just been installed in our Galco Waterford plant. Thanks to the new upgrade, we can now deliver an even better galvanizing service to the South East region. The new tank, which measures 6.5 m by 1.5 m by 2.65 m, increases our Waterford plant capacity by 70%. – We’ve
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When two dissimilar metals come into direct contact and an electrolyte such as moisture is present, a battery cell is created and an electrical current flows. This causes the more electronegative or anodic metal as determined from the electro-chemical series (see below) to corrode more rapidly. This means that galvanizing being a zinc
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