Certain considerations must be taken into account to design components for galvanizing. Adopting the following design practices, along with those listed in ASTM A 385 Practice for Providing High Quality Zinc Coatings, will produce top-quality galvanized steel while reducing coating costs, speeding up turnaround times, and ensuring the safety of galvanizing personnel.
Select a topic from the alphabetical list below to view detailed information on each subject:
Bend Diameters- Cold Worked Steels
- Dissimilar Steel Chemistries
- Dissimilar Metals in Contact
- Distortion & Warping
- Fasteners, Bolts, & Nails
- Hole Sizes
- Threaded Assemblies
- Marking Parts
- Masking
- Material Handling
- Moving Parts
- Overlapped Surfaces
- Steel Residues
- Steel Selection
- Steel Size Limits
- Steel Surfaces
- Temporary Bracing
- Venting & Drainage
- Weight Increase
- Welding Before Galvanizing
- Zinc Metal Properties
