2014 AGA Update

Excellence Awards Winners Showcase Beauty, Versatility

The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) announced the winners of the 2014 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards during the Excellence Awards dinner at the AGA Annual Conference on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. More than 100 projects representing hot-dip galvanizing’s versatility were submitted and judged online, completing another successful competition. All of the projects are now featured in the AGA Project Gallery.

Q: What considerations should I keep in mind when designing steel fabrications to be galvanized?

A: As the name implies, steel is dipped into a bath of molten zinc during the hot-dip galvanizing process. While the process is inherently simple, hot-dip galvanizing is different than painting or other corrosion protection coating systems; and therefore presents unique requirements during the design stage in order to ensure a high quality zinc coating. ASTM A385, Standard Practice for Providing High-Quality Zinc Coatings (Hot-Dip), specifies design recommendations that should be followed when fabricating steel to be galvanized. There are too many recommendations to be discussed in this issue, so they will be broken up and presented as a series continuing into later issues.

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