Following on from a very successful webinar on the Essentials of Galvanizing in July 2020, the International Zinc Association (IZA) again partnered with Creamer Media’s Engineering News to present a follow-up session, aptly titled Essentials of Continuous Galvanizing, aimed at designers, engineers, architects and industry specifiers.

The 60-minute webinar took place on Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 15:00 (SAST). The session addressed the following aspects of continuous galvanizing in detail:

• What is continuous galvanized sheeting and how is it made
• Where should continuous galvanized sheeting be used, with specific reference to real-world applications
• How to specify continuous galvanized sheeting for various applications
• What coatings are applied to the sheets and how does this prevent corrosion

There was also ample opportunity for attendees to pose questions to the speakers and in the process the IZA hopes that the expert guidance given will encourage greater use of Zinc coated continuously galvanized sheet in South Africa.

“The popularity of the first webinar highlighted to us that there is a keen interest among industry professionals to learn more about zinc galvanizing, which is why we are hosting these sessions, and involving various experts, to empower more people to understand and embrace galvanizing as a cost-effective and sustainable means of preventing premature corrosion on projects in the construction, mining and structural steel industries,” says Simon Norton who heads up the Africa desk of the IZA.

Norton, an expert in corrosion and failure investigation, presented at the webinar, along with Martin van Leeuwen, director of technology and market development for the IZA, and Terry Smith, a foremost expert on hot dip and continuous galvanizing. Their combined experience and expertise is unrivalled in the industry and guarantees webinar participants will leave the session armed with relevant and practical information and insights that can easily be translated for real-world applications.

To add to the package the IZA is offering hard copies of their new publication, The Essentials of Galvanizing to those who joined the webinar.

Watch a recording of the webinar here. For more information, please contact delia@irvinepartners.co.za.

If you need hard copies of the Essentials of Galvanizing book please email a postal or delivery address to zinc@iafrica.com