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Student of materials engineering asks about hot dip galvanization

I'm a studying material engineering in UCM, Madrid, Spain. I'm interested about the industry of hot dip galvanizing. I have to do a project about it, so I'm looking for instrumentation, machine, design of plant, prices and whatever you think it could be important.

Thanks,

Aniano Viyuela
hot dip galvanizing - Madrid, Spain
2003

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2003

Hi, Aniano. Good places for on-line articles are www.galvanizeit.org and www.egga.com. An inexpensive introductory book is "Hot-Dip Galvanizing: A Guide to Process Selection and Galvanizing Practice" [adv: link to this book on eBay , Amazon, AbeBooks affil links] by M. J. Hornsby. Good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

Hi Aniano,

Try visiting the local hot dip galvanizer in your area. Tell them about you project, and maybe, they'll provide you with information, names of machine manufactures and a little about plant design. Always remember that prices are often country individual. Fx. it is rather expensive to run a hot dip galvanizing in Britain compared to Poland.

Good luck.

Poul Søndergaard
- Denmark
2003

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2007

One of our engg firm dealing with hot dip galvanizing getting peeling of coating after some time.
Interested in knowing what are the processes to be followed and what bath composition to be used for steel structures that are being used for electric towers
kindly advise any time frame to be adapted to replace the bath.
Surface Precautions to be taken to ensure good quality deposit at cheaper cost.

Bollepalli Ramachandra Rao
Product designer,plating shop employee - Hyderabad Andhra pradesh, India

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2007

Hello, Bollepalli. Unfortunately, you are asking a rather broad range of fundamental questions about galvanizing that would require many many pages to answer. If anyone answers, we will be happy to post the reply, but I'm afraid no one will.

Sorry. I think you need to move your work to a shop which is not experiencing the problem, or hire a galvanizing consultant to help you solve this problem. But a good book or two about galvanizing might help. Good luck, and please come back with more questions when they can be a little more specific. Thanks and good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey