World premiere at Wire 2012: unique technology for corrosion protection of wire - AlumGreen reduces the cost of corrosion protectionpercent

Coating with aluminium is significantly more cost-effective

Munich, 7 February 2012 At the Wire AlumGreen presents – for the first time in the world – the completely new process for coating cold drawn steel products with aluminium. With this process a more homogeneous and durable coating is achieved. Not only that: production costs are reduced radically and natural resources are protected at the same time.
AlumGreen has developed a unique process for corrosion protection of cold drawn steel products using aluminium. The process is ready for normal industrial application and is the first of its type in the world. The company is presenting at Wire – a premiere for the trade – the first ever 12-strand plant for steel wire. This is currently being built in Germany.
Aluminum coatings provide excellent corrosion resistance, so the method allows a very long-lasting corrosion protection.
The AlumGreen process is based on a completely new approach. A corrosion protection layer is added to the wire as it is led through a closed coating chamber filled with molten aluminium. As the wire runs through the coating plant continuously, there is no limit to the length of the wire to be coated.
Better protection at a significantly lower cost
Aluminium offers for the same coating thickness a much better protective effect. Consequently the AlumGreen process reduces significantly both purchasing and production costs.
AlumGreen will present at Wire the first coated wire samples. In the future the company will extend applications of the process to products like steel strip, narrow tubes and reinforcing steel.
Compatibility with the environment and sustainability
The AlumGreen process conserves resources by lower metal consumption, the lack of open melt surface, removal of fluxes, which leads to the formation of harmful chlorides, and the reduction of transport needs.
Another major advantage: The AlumGreen process is very much a process for the future. According to present knowledge of the reserve exceed the range of aluminum to zinc from a multiple.

AlumGreen at Wire 2012 in Düsseldorf:
Hall 9, stand C14