The Hot Dip Galvanizing Process Explained

We walk through the hot dip galvanizing process from start to finish, featuring footage from inside a Joseph Ash Galvanizing plant.
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00:10 Goods In
00:26 Safety Checks
00:36 Jigging
00:54 Degrease and Rinse
01:07 Pickling
01:24 Flux and Dry
01:35 Galvanize
01:59 Passivation
02:15 Dejigging
02:27 Fettling
02:42 Goods Out

[@quikie1984]

Cool little video explaining the process.. shame you wernt a bit closer !

[@lbgstzockt8493]

I hope you guys have good PPE, I can’t imagine that working in a an environment of boiling degreaser, hydrochloric acid, molten zinc and some chrome compound is great for respiratory health.

[@quikie1984]

Well you'd think so giving they are a professional outfit. Can't imagine they are wearing shorts and t-shirt bud 😂

[@angusmccarthy9507]

@@quikie1984 You can see at about 2:30 during the fettling process a young guy is grinding galv and then another is spraying cold galv, both of them without respie PPE. OC's is on point and relevant af.

[@josephashgalvanizing]

@@angusmccarthy9507 Thank you for watching the video. The health and safety of our people is of the utmost importance at Joseph Ash Galvanizing, and we have committed to ensuring our plants are safe environments to work and visit. This includes regular personal and atmospheric checks to ensure that our teams are operating in conditions below workplace exposure limits.