Types of Steel And Aluminum By IDEA
IDEA specializes in the design, manufacture and sales of a range of stylish outdoor wood & metal products, including urban, park & garden furniture.
Specifications of Steel Production:
• Sanding with sandpaper no: 40-180;
• Laser cutting with CNC machine: Cutting metal plates and pipes of different thicknesses with high precision;
• Bending of the metal: reduces the need for welding of the pieces;
• Gas welding;
• Sanding with no:40 sandpaper;
• Hot Dip galvanizing 449 ° and sanding with no: 180-220;
• Alkaline degreasing;
• Rinsing with the water system;
• Powder Coating 180-200°;
• Cooling 5-30 mins.
Specifications of Aluminum Production:
• Sanding with sandpaper no: 40-180;
• Laser cutting with CNC machine: Cutting metal plates and pipes of different thicknesses with high precision;
• Bending of the metal: reduces the need for welding of the pieces;
• Gas welding;
• Sanding with no:40 sandpaper;
• Alkaline degreasing;
• Rinsing with the water system;
• Powder Coating 180-200°;
• Cooling 5-30 mins.
Hot-dip Galvanization on Steel:
• All steel components used by IDEA are hot-dip galvanized in a liquid zinc;
bath at 449 °C;
• If the surface is damaged, hot-dipped galvanized products repair themselves through zinc contracting and forming a new coating in the damaged area;
• Zinc is a more active metal in comparison to steel. This is a unique characteristic for galvanizing, which means when a galvanized coating is damaged and steel is exposed to the atmosphere, zinc can continue to protect steel through galvanic corrosion.
Powder Coating on Steel and Aluminium:
The powder coating process offers several advantages over
conventional liquid coating methods:
• Increased durability;
• Capabilities for more specialized finishes;
• Resistant to diminished coating quality as a result of the impact moisture, chemicals, ultraviolet light, and other extreme weather conditions. In turn, this reduces the risk of scratches, chipping, abrasions, corrosion, fading, and other wear issues;
• Any RAL colour can be chosen.
Maintenance:
Painted surfaces that become scratched can be restored, by using the colour touch-up sprays cans of IDEA standard RAL are available upon request. The colour should be sprayed from a distance of 10-20 cm onto the surface which has been previously cleaned from dust and dirt. Drying is achieved in about 15 minutes. If however, on steel products, the damage is deep and breaks the zinc protective coating below the paint, it will be necessary to proceed with an application of a zinc spray between the phase of cleaning and repainting. Please contact the IDEA office for advice.
