Steel products can be given a high-grade architectural finish by using a polyester powder coating over hot-dip galvanized steel. This coating is considered as one of the most long-lasting protective ...

One of the most commonly used forms of steel is wire. It is found in everything from springs, conveyor belts, and bicycles to shopping carts, lobster traps, and chain-link fences. But all those ...

Regardless of customer anticipations, hot-dip galvanized structural steel has a grey coating, rather than a shiny coating. This usually leads to disagreements between galvanizers and their customers.

The company says its AgION™ antimicrobial steel coating has been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in commercial, industrial, and residential heating and cooling systems.

Existing methods used to calculate the performance of intumescent coatings on structural steel are not sufficiently accurate, explains Hans van de Weijgert. Here he presents a three dimensional ...

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