The Advantages of Galvanizing

The Lifehook® L55 is the only lineman training fall protection anchor on the market with a hot dip galvanized finish. Galvanizing provides superior protection over paint or powder coatings found on competing products. Advantages of galvanizing include outstanding durability, corrosion protection, and ease of inspection. The life expectancy of hot dip galvanized coatings on a typical structure is 20 to 25 years plus, even with exposure in severe urban and coastal environments.

Every part of a hot dip galvanized structure is completely protected, even recesses, corners, and inaccessible areas. No coating applied to a structure or fabrication after completion can provide the same protection as hot dip galvanizing. Hot dip galvanized coatings corrode preferentially to steel, providing an automatic sacrificial protection to small areas of substrate metal exposed through damage without a need to touch up.

The galvanizing process is shown below

Hot dip galvanized coatings are easier to inspect as they are assessed readily by eye. The hot dip galvanizing process is such that if coatings appear sound and continuous, then they are sound and continuous. The coating life and performance are reliable and predictable, last longer, and need less maintenance.