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HDG Floor Grating and Grating Stair Tread

for Offshore Application
Hot dip galvanized floor grating and hot dip galvanized grating stair tread for offshore
application.

 Hot dip galvanized floor grating (width × length), mm: 1005 × 600 LB.
 Hot dip galvanized floor grating (width × length), mm: 1005 × 900 LB.
 Hot dip galvanized floor grating (width × length), mm: 1005 × 1200 LB.
 Hot dip galvanized grating stair tread 215 × 600 mm with accessories.
 Hot dip galvanized grating stair tread 245 × 1000 mm with accessories.

Due to the tropical and marine environmental conditions and working conditions of
offshore objectives, below two items must be considered.

 The bar gratings have strong non-slip characteristics due to oily and slip surface of floors,
walkways on offshore objectives during application.
 The gratings must be enhanced anti-corrosion characteristics due to high corrosive
conditions on offshore objectives.

Fig. 1: Floor Grating

Technical specs of "Hot dip galvanized floor grating":

  The load bearing bars are produced from steel which conforms to the following
equivalent standards: AS3679 Grade 250, BS4360 Grade 43A and ASTM A36 or
equivalent.
 Serrated surface (serrated bar), banded with the same size flat bar (end banding type), hot
dip galvanized.
 Load bar size, cross rod size, load bar pitch, cross rod pitch is required as per Fig. 1
above.
 Entire surface area is protected by a uniform layer of zinc. Hop dip galvanizing conforms
to the following equivalent standards: AS 1650, BS729, ASTM A123 and GB2518. The
minimum average hot dip galvanized coating is 610gms/sq metre.

Fig. 2: Stair Tread

Technical specs of "Hot dip galvanized grating stair tread":

 The load bearing bars are produced from steel which conforms to the following
equivalent standards: AS3679 Grade 250, BS4360 Grade 43A and ASTM A36 or
equivalent.
 Serrated surface (serrated bar), banded with the same size flat bar (end banding type), hot
dip galvanized.
 Load bar size, cross rod size, load bar pitch, cross rod pitch is required as per Fig. 1
above.
 Entire surface area is protected by a uniform layer of zinc. Hop dip galvanizing conforms
to the following equivalent standards: AS 1650, BS7291_ASIM-A43S and GB2518. The
minimum average hot dip galvanized coating is 610gms/sq metre
 Bolted fixing, Holed end plat Floor plate nosing (see Fig.2 above).
Reference: https://www.galvanizeit.org/education-and-resources/resources/technical-faq-dr-
galv/estimating-the-life-expectancy-of-hot-dip-galvanized-coating

Estimating The Life Of Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings

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December 5, 2014

Authored by Daniel Barlow

Before I decide to use hot-dip galvanized steel on my project, I would like to know how long
it’s going to last. Is there a good way to approximate longevity of galvanized steel?

As is the case with any corrosion protection system, the two most common questions about hot-
dip galvanizing are in reference to the life of the coating and the costs associated with using it.
Fortunately, the American Galvanizers Association has developed a tool that allows specifiers to
quickly reference a visual guide that approximates the corrosion protection performance of hot-
dip galvanized steel in atmospheric conditions.

The Time to First Maintenance Chart depicts the estimated time to first maintenance for a zinc
coating against the thickness of the coating in atmospheric applications. This chart is not
applicable to estimations of coating life in soil or water. The chart features five distinct plotlines
representing climate types with varying corrosion rates. With these plotlines and knowledge of
the thickness of your coating, estimating the time to first maintenance of a hot-dip galvanized
coating is as simple as reading a few points on a graph.
Time to First Maintenance

Using the Time to First Maintenance Chart

Specifiers generally use the Time to First Maintenance Chart to estimate the life of a hot-dip
galvanized coating. The chart shows a time to first maintenance of the coating (vertical axis) vs.
the thickness of the coating (horizontal axis). Therefore, simply finding the horizontal line where
the project’s corresponding climate type line intersects the vertical line representing the coating’s
thickness will indicate an estimated time to first maintenance.

Therefore, to estimate time to first maintenance, you will need to know the thickness of the
coating and the climate where the project will be located. While it is not possible to specify an
exact thickness of a hot-dip galvanized coating, North American galvanizers will meet the
requirements of ASTM A123 Standard Specification for Zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coatings on
Iron and Steel Products. Table 1 of the standard contains requirements for minimum average
coating thicknesses on various steel products. A quick look at this table tells specifiers what
thickness is required under ASTM A123. For larger structural steel pieces (1/4 inch thick or
greater), the minimum average coating thickness under ASTM A123 is 4.0 mils, but coating
thickness averages often exceed these minimums and will usually be in the 3.9 to 5.0 mil range.
To determine which climate the project is located in, it may be helpful to compare the climate of
the area in question with the example cities used to generate the chart. Below is a table
containing the cities used as examples in each climate
Rural Suburban Temperate Marine Tropical Marine Industrial Time to first
maintenance is
Boise, ID Vallejo, CA Seattle, WA Miami, FL Pocatello, NOT equal to
ID the service life
Las Cruces, NM Tucson, AZ San Francisco, Corpus of hot-dip
CA Christi, TX Los galvanized
Fargo, ND Cedar Rapids, IA Angeles, steel. The time
Milwaukee, WI San Diego, CA given by the
Little Rock, AK Jackson, MS CA chart indicates
Norfolk, VA Chicago, when five
Macon, GA Harrisburg, PA Cancun, IL percent of the
Atlantic City NJ Mexico steel surface
Columbia, SC Dallas, will be rusted.
Boston MA Mazatlan, TX At that point,
Mexico there will still
New be galvanized
York, NY coating on a
majority of
Knoxville, the steel, but it
TN will need to be
repaired. This
can be done through repairing the rusted areas with paint or re-galvanizing the surface entirely. If
maintenance is performed at this time, the service life of the steel will be dramatically increased.

Example

The chart below gives an example of an estimated time to first maintenance for large structural
steel that has been hot-dip galvanized. The shaded area represents a typical coating thickness of
3.9 to 5.0 mils on the horizontal axis. For simplicity, only the plotline for an industrial climate is
shown; all others have been removed. With this coating thickness range and this climate type, the
vertical axis shows the coating will survive 70 to 90+ maintenance free years before requiring
touch up or repair.
Background

The original version of the Time to First Maintenance Chart used average corrosion rates from
real-world case studies to produce the plotted lines. The current version of the chart uses
information from the Zinc Coating Life Predictor to approximate corrosion rates of zinc coatings
in various environments. The Zinc Coating Life Predictor is an online tool primarily developed
by Gregory Zhang and funded by the International Zinc Association. It uses real-world data in
conjunction with laboratory results to produce an accurate zinc corrosion rate approximation.

In order to portray an accurate representation of an approximate time to first maintenance, the

chart first divides corrosion rates into five climate types: rural, suburban, temperate marine,
tropical marine, and industrial. Then – using the Zinc Coating Life Predictor – the corrosion rate
of zinc is predicted in six separate locations within each climate type. Corrosion rates are
generated by the online tool after environmental parameters for the given location are entered.
The parameters include average rainfall, sulfur dioxide content, salinity, and average
temperature. The corrosion rates from the six locations are then averaged together to produce the
linear plot lines on the Time to First Maintenance Chart. The chart below gives the locations
used to produce the data for each climate type.

Corrosion rates for zinc in atmospheric conditions are given in terms of coating lost per year.
This could mean units of micrometers per year or mils per year. The linear plotlines on the Time
to First Maintenance Chart reflect a consistent corrosion rate of the hot-dip galvanized coating
against time.