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ZInc plating of wiremesh

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Ratheesh_n

Ratheesh_n

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Dear All,

We are doing zinc plating of wiremesh ,(wire - 4.5mm dia). Anyone please tell how to check the coating thickness of wire ? is measurment with elechometer is acceptable ?

And how to maintain the shining of plating in packing and storage
 
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Are you using electro-plating or hot dipping?
There are several ways to check thickness, but using an elcometer would not work because of the small section size. You will likely only be able to determine an average thickness of the coating over a large area. This can be done by accurately weighing the specimen before and after coating. You will have to determine the surface area of the mesh also.
 
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I only use electroplating for dry interior spaces, not subject to a corrosive environment... else, HDG is the only way with zinc coating. I have photos of electroplating in a corrosive environment after a month... and looked like no coating at all.

Dik
 
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Dik...I agree. Electroplating is too thin to be of any real use. Not any better than a good paint coating.
 
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@dik


Please share the PICS .

We are doing both electroplating and HDG. In HDG we are facing so many problem in surface finish and post process finishing work is so high . As it is manual,we are spending so many manpower on same thats why we are suggesting our client to purchase electroplated materials.

In grinding there is big loss of coating thickness of HDG materials . Is there any other method to do the finishing with small machines ?
 
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so many problem in surface finish and post process finishing
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Perhaps some photos of your product before and after dipping and before and after finishing would help us understand why you are having to grind HDG at all.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
 
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This is Before HDG
 
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This is after HDG .We are doing filing to remove this zinc lumps at edges and painting with zinc rich paints in the uncoated areas ...
 
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OP:
I'll see if I can locate the original file, else, I'll scan the one I have on my wall.

Dik
 
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When you HDG, there is generally a 'scum' that forms on the surface and this is usually removed prior to extraction from the zinc bath. It does not appear that this has been done. Your HDG does not appear to be 'clean'.

Dik
 
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Some of your photos appear to show "swipe" marks in the coatings, which would suggest that your surface preparation is not particularly clean

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I thought you started asking about coating wire mesh. The pictures show something else entirely.
 
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@hokie66

Ysss. but as i mentioned above we are doing electroplating because of these issues in galvanising.
 
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Right. I see you have issues. But the corrosion protection afforded by galvanising is vastly superior to electroplating.
 
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IR... the 'swipe coatings' look like they were caused by withdrawing the object from a 'dirty' tank.
 
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Ratheesh:
Attached scan... couldn't find the photo.

They said the sag rod was electroplated... doesn't look like this happened, else, the corrosion is extreme.

The channel girts were supposed to have an epoxy zinc rich primer, with a high build epoxy intermediate coat, and a polyurethane top coat... ditto above. The pin prick corrosion centres indicate a poor application of a quality coating system, or maybe a different coating system.

The siding has a CSSBI Barrier coating and seems to be holding up (still).

I refused to sign off on the installation, and, had specifically noted on the shop drawings that the sag rods were to be HDG.

Dik
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=8df9c710-1ad3-4395-90e3-a2848a1f685d&file=Corrosion.pdf
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Thanks Dik for Sharing the Pic


For Extreme corrosion environments like offshore , Coating system should be Zinc silicate primer + High build epoxy paint 2 coats + Polyeurethene finish paint or to be HDG .







 
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I'll look into the zinc silicate primer. The zinc rich epoxy has worked well in past, but, if there's something better, I'll use it.

Dik
 
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Hello Ratheesh,

I understood your situation.

So, go for chromate treatment for better corrosion resistance after electroplating.

Regards

CocoE
 
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