Corrosion handbook

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3 HILTI CORROSION PROTECTION
SOLUTIONS
The corrosion protection solutions applied to Hilti products, their typical corrosion
behavior and their suitability for certain applications are described in this section.
Classification of corrosion protection measures
Preventing corrosion
Protecting the material
Use of corrosion
resistant materials
Coatings on steel
Stainless steel
Corrosion protection
measures
Metallic Organic Inorganic
Zinc
coating
Painting Phosphating
The table below provides an overview of the corrosion protection coatings applied
to Hilti products.
Hilti corrosion protection solution for
carbon steel
Coating thickness Product examples
Phosphating Screws
Electro-galvanizing Zn and ZnNi From 5 to 20 μm Nails, anchors, screws
Hot-dip galvanizing From 35 to 100 μm Installation channels
Hot dip galvanizing with Zn and ZM From 20 to 40 μm Stud anchors,
installation channels
Sherardizing/Thermal diffusion Up to 45 μm Anchors
Multilayer (Zn plus additional organic
coating – painting)
Anchors and installation
parts
Table 1: Corrosion protection coatings applied to Hilti products