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Using galvanised sheet for motorcycle seat pans

2003

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 Kumar
two wheeler manufacturer - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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2003

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.

Khozem Vahaanwala
Saify Ind

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Hi, cousins.

Pre-galvanized sheet may afford little protection, as Khozem 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,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
March 7, 2011