Applications

Bridge Coating Technology Team

Example: "A primary goal of the Bridge Coatings Technology Team is the analysis, demonstration, and, where appropriate, implementation of new, cost effective and durable coatings technology. FHWA-sponsored research studies had identified metallizing as a promising technology for steel bridge corrosion protection (see tech note). However, the cost and details of the process remained as barriers to use by highway agencies. To analyze..."

Time Tested Performance of Bridge Coatings
By: David S. Leyland & L. Brian Castler

Example: "The purpose of this study was to determine the actual service life of some commonly used bridge coating systems. A study authored by Gordon H. Brevoort and updatd by KTA-Tator, Inc. in 1996 (1) provided a table of projected service life based largely on a survey of coating manufacturers. Are industry wide predictions of coating life accurate? That is the central issue this study..."

Corrosion Protection of Steel Bridges
Corus Construction & Industrial

Example: "The use of steel for modern bridges has grown significantly over the last 25 years. Engineers and specifiers have recognised the benefits that steel offers as a construction material, which combined
with imaginative designs has resulted in..."

Metalization of Steel Bridges: Research and Practice
By: Luh-Maan Chang & Maged Georgy, FHWA/IN/JTRP-98/21

Example: "The study identifies various painting systems that are successfully used in Indiana's surrounding states and other industries. They identified systems are further screened and evaluated. After prudently comparing INDOT's inorganic zinc / vinyl system with..."

Metallizing Steel Bridge Coatings
Bridge Coatings Technology Outreach Team

Example: "Metallizing is a common term used to describe thermal sprayed metal coatings. This technology encompasses various techniques and materials, and has wide ranging applications. For corrosion control coatings on steel structures, metallizing refers to the thermal spraying of zinc or aluminum alloys as a coating directly onto steel surfaces. The coatings are created by..."

Thermally Sprayed Metal Coatings to Protect Steel Pilings: Final Report and Guide
National Cooporative Highway Research Program

Example: "Zinc and aluminum have been used as steel coatings since the early 1900s, with early application of thermally sprayed metal coatings (TSMCs) to bridge structures in the 1930s. TSMCs have been used widely in the European bridge industry, the U.S. Navy, and on offshore oil exploration drill platforms for..."

Steel Bridge Fabrication Technologies in Europe and Japan
US epartment of Transportation March 2001

Example: "The FHWA’s international programs focus on meeting the growing demands of its partners at the Federal, State, and local levels for access to information on state-of-the-art technology and the best practices used worldwide. While the FHWA is considered a world leader in highway transportation, the domestic highway community is very interested in the advanced..."

Thermal Spray Coatings - Past, Present & Future
By: Ted Call, KTA Tator Inc.

Example: "Thermal spray coatings (TSC) have been successfully used in all major sectors of the marine and industrial corrosion control coatings market. Approximately twenty years ago they were introduced to the bridge coatings sector of the market on a trial basis. The overall positive results of these TSC tests in the bridge market have..."