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Successful hot dip galvanizing of fabricated steelwork is heavily dependent on design of the fabrication. To be satisfactorily galvanized, the fabrication must be completely immersed in a series of pre-treatment baths to prepare the surface for galvanizing, and then be submerged in a bath of molten zinc at about 830潞F (443潞C). If the pre-treatment chemicals and the molten zinc cannot get access to all surfaces, the item will not be effectively coated. Fabrication techniques can also either create or alleviate problems in the galvanizing process. 草榴社区官方 sales staff are available to advise on design for galvanizing, and will assist with design detailing prior to fabrication to ensure that a high quality hot-dip galvanized coating is applied to customers鈥� projects. 

Our team is available to advise on design for galvanizing and will assist with design detailing prior to fabrication to ensure high quality results. .

Key Design Factors

There are a number of fundamental considerations when designing for hot-dip galvanizing. The key components include:

The size of the item that can be galvanized will be governed by the size of the galvanizing bath. Long items can be galvanized by double-end dipping but items larger than the galvanizing bath in two dimensions cannot be galvanized.

Venting is Vital! If a hollow section traps 18% of its internal volume as air, it will not sink in the molten zinc.

Steel sections of differing section thickness heat and cool at different rates. Unbalanced sections causing differential heating and cooling will increase the risk of distortion (buckling).

Structural grades of steel lose 50% of their yield strength at galvanizing temperatures. The design of the fabrications for galvanizing must take this into account to prevent sagging or bending under self-loads.

Items to be galvanized must be suspended or supported through the galvanizing process. This may require holes in some work, or the welding of (removable) lifting lugs.

Key Fabrication Factors

For standard fabrications, a basic set of design rules should be applied. These design steps do not add to the fabrication cost but will ensure a good quality outcome.

Gussets and stiffeners should be cropped.

End plates or base plates on columns- Universal sections should have vent/drain holes in the corners of the web/flange connection and hollow sections should have vent/drain holes in the internal extremities.

Outward facing channels and angles in fabricated frames eliminate the need for vent and drain holes, contrary to inward facing sections.

Terminating bracing short of adjacent flanges eliminates the need for cropping or vent holes.

Overlapping surfaces should be fully sealed.

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