Metal finishing Q&As since 1989

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Process know how of mild steel wire galvanising

2007

Dear sir , I want to start A Mild steel wire galvanising plant but I don't know the process
& theory of cold galvanising ,electro-galvanising , hot galvanising and which process is applicable to me. please help.

Thanking you
Prashant

Prashant Gharat
student - Mumbai

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I don't think you should start building the plant yet, Prashant. Presumably you have a customer in mind who wants galvanized wire. Can you find out from them whether they want hot dipped, cold galvanized, or zinc electroplated wire? Books on each of these technologies fill whole shelves or aisles of technical libraries so it is obviously difficult to summarize the technologies in a paragraph or two. But, in general, electrogalvanizing is thin but inexpensive and attractive whereas hot dip galvanizing is heavier and more corrosion resistant. Cold galvanizing is essentially zinc-rich paint.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2007

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2007

Dear sir, thanx for replying me , sir I want to know about zincplating ?
please reply

thanking you,

Prashant Gharat
student - Mumbai

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The Electroplating Engineering Handbook [on AbeBooks or eBay or Amazon] is probably the single volume best suited to introducing zinc plating to someone like yourself who is planning to build an electroplating plant, Prashant.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2007