Hot-dip galvanizing, in comparison to the protection of steel surfaces using other
means, represents single long-term protection. In combination with dying, the quality
of protection may last more than fifty years.
Hot-dip galvanizing has up till now in the world been the most efficient and ecologically
acceptable method of protecting steel. In technological and economical terms, the
hot-dip galvanizing method has mostly been used in protection against corrosion.
Hot-dip galvanization of products has a wide area of application: road equipment,
lighting columns, steel-reinforcing for concrete, in the automobile and shipping
industries, maritime equipment, railways, electrical power industry, agricultural
structures, metal products and items, various fencing, steel grill-like structures,
reservoirs for various purposes, utility equipment for public city areas and sporting
venues, metal piping for various purposes and basically all other steel products
exposed to atmospheric conditions.
Ten of the most important reasons for using hot-dip galvanizing:
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