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Using galvanised sheet for motorcycle seat pans
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Dear Sirs,
We are the leading manufacturers of motorcycle. As a part of our VE activities, I wish to know if we could use the Galvanised sheets for the seat pan ( Currently deep drawn & painted ). What would be the approximate cost reduction.
Regards,
Udaya Kumartwo wheeler manufacturer - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Dear Mr Udaya Kumar,
If your client is not going to ever look at the pan, then you may get away with GI sheet as it looks terrible within a years time and will positively rust within 18 months in our coastal cities. Try a 5 micron zinc yellow or black E-Coat if you can spend some more money instead of GI.
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Khozema Vahanwala Saify Ind Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
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March 7, 2011
Hi, cousins.
Pre-galvanized sheet may afford little protection, as Khozema notes. But hot dip galvanizing the finished article will provide good corrosion resistance if not good aesthetics. Zinc electroplating followed by E-coat sounds like an excellent answer.
Regards,
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Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey |
