Zinc activated acrylic adhesives are one-part structural adhesives which bond galvanized steels with minimal surface preparation. These adhesives polymerize at room temperature when brought into ...

Researchers developed a cheap and simple process to create nanoscale structures on the surface of galvanized steel, which is commonly used in the automotive industry, that provided a more conducive ...

You will probably never live to see the day when cars and trucks are completely glued together, with no mechanical fasteners to be found. But more and more connections are going with adhesives. The ...

Most utility companies do an excellent job of using equipotential bonding to protect lineworkers who are working aloft. Historically, they've been less diligent about implementing up-to-date ...

There are many instances where hot-dip galvanized coatings will have to be painted. Although well-established quality assurance processes are available for painting hot-dip galvanized parts in a ...

Buried steel products are open to a wide variety of corrosive forces that are rather different from those endured in the atmosphere. The durability of both steel and galvanized steel in in-ground ...

(Nanowerk News) The manufacturing industry is constantly on the lookout for more efficient manufacturing materials, but most new methods to develop such materials created in the lab are not suited for ...