Where are galvanized steel products used?
First of all, the variety of things galvanized is broad. Structural steel (angles, channels, wide-flange beams, I-beams, H-beams), grating, expanded metal, corrugated sheets, wire, cables, plate, castings, tubing, pipe, bolts & nuts. The industries that utilized hot-dip galvanized steel range from bridge & highway (reinforcing steel for decks and column concrete, girders, stringers, light and signposts, guardrail, fencing), water & wastewater treatment plants (walkway grating/expanded metal, handrails) architectural (facades, exposed structural steel, lentils), parking garages (reinforcing steel for concrete decks, exposed structural steel columns and barriers), pulp & paper plants (structural steel, walkways, handrail), OEMs (motor housings, electrical cabinets, frames, heat exchanger coils), electrical utilities (transmission towers, distribution poles, substations, wind turbine poles), communication (cell towers), rail transportation (poles, switchgear, miscellaneous hardware), chem
