Texas Flange offers a whole full range of galvanized flanges for our customers. Galvanization is just the process of puttin' a protective zinc coat on steel or iron to keep it from rustin' away. The most common way folks do it is hot-dip galvanizin', where they dunk the parts right into a bath of melted zinc. 'Cause of that, we keep a line of hot dip zinc galvanized flanges stocked up to ASTM A123 and ASTM A153 standards, and we can fix y'all up with plenty of custom items with this protective coat, too. Here’s a few mighty noticeable advantages to galvanization:
Protection from the Elements
Galvanized flanges hold up a whole lot better against the elements than your regular painted carbon steel. They'll give you a longer life cycle in most cases too, seein' as they fight off corrosion from the rain and whatever else Mother Nature throws at 'em.
Physical Toughness
You'll often get more use and shelf life out of galvanized flanges compared to uncoated carbon steel and ductile iron, thanks to that metallurgical bond between the zinc coat and the steel itself. That gives some mighty fine protection against physical damage to the flange you're workin' with.
Limited Base Exposure
A zinc hot dip coat on flanges and steel parts per ASTM standards beats regular platin' any day of the week. Regular platin' might leave some spots bare, like crevices, machined surfaces, and them hard-to-reach places on the flange. The hot dip process lays down noticeably more zinc than regular platin' ever could.
Easy on the Wallet
Commodity hot dip galvanized flanges can be a mighty fine alternative to stainless and chrome alloys when you're lookin' to save some money. Now, that depends on your specific job, of course. If you don't need the heavy-duty chemical requirements of certain jobs, they're a great swap for standard carbon steel flanges.
But hold on now, there are a few downsides to galvanization you oughta know about.
Practicality
Some pieces of steel are just too tiny or too massive to be hot-dipped, and it just don’t make no sense to galvanize 'em usin' other ways.
Application
Zinc can be a bit temperamental durin' the actual galvanization process, I tell you what. It’s mighty important to take enough time to let that galvanized steel cool down, so the zinc don’t go peelin' off. Galvanization ain't gonna work right if the zinc ain't bindin' to the steel. You gotta make sure the right thickness of coat gets put on there.
If y'all reckon galvanization is the way to go for your next project, give our sales office a holler! 281-484-8325 Or shoot us an e-mail with your inquiry at sales@texasflange.com
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