What is a galvanized steel plate?

Galvanized sheet is a specially treated steel plate, including hot-dip galvanizing. Therefore, the steel is immersed in a zinc crucible, so that the steel plate is completely covered with this metal.

Sometimes, depending on the specific sheet, the immersion may be carried out in a zinc-iron alloy.

In any case, when going hot, it is completely attached to the steel, so that the steel and the bath become inseparable.

This is especially true of zinc and ferroalloys, which prevents fragmentation to a greater extent.

Therefore, it presents an internal steel plate with the thickness of the steel plate, but it also has a zinc coating, making it galvanized.

Therefore, the steel is completely protected from contact with the external and atmospheric media.

In any case, it has the same cutting, drilling and punching capabilities as any other type of plate.

The main difference is the existence of a new metal layer, used as a protective layer of the steel body.

The decisive characteristics of this kind of sheet metal

From the previous section, sheet galvanized steel many characteristics.

However, as a clearer and more concise statement, we can discuss the following.

It is not made entirely of steel.

Although most of its mass is made of steel, the outer layer is made of other metals.

Usually, this is zinc (Z), in some cases, zinc iron alloy (ZF).

It shows great flexibility in its applications.

This is because it allows cutting, drilling, sections, etc.

In fact, we cut, fold and punched by size.

To ensure its quality, function and durability, it is strictly regulated by European standards.

EN 10346 The standard establishes guidelines for protective layer thickness, zinc purity and galvanizing process.