Magnelis, ArcelorMittal’s leading zinc-aluminium-magnesium coating which offers unbeatable corrosion resistance in even the harshest environments, is now recognised as compliant with the new European standard EN 10346:2015.
The European standard EN 10346, related to hot dip galvanized (HDG) products, was extended in July 2015 to include zinc-aluminium-magnesium coatings. Whenever norm compliance is a prerequisite, architects, engineers and construction companies can now propose Magnelis.
Magnelis is the preferred material for an increasing number of applications, including solar support structures, light steel framing in construction, agricultural applications and road infrastructures.
The new norm is a tribute to the success of Magnelis, which has proven its advantages over standard hot dip galvanized products and offers a warranty of up to 25 years depending on the applications and environments.
Magnelis, a unique metallic steel coating composed of 93.5% zinc, 3.5% aluminium and 3% magnesium, is proven to offer up to ten times better protection against atmospheric corrosion than ordinary galvanised steel. The 3% magnesium in Magnelis is key as it leads to the creation of a stable and robust layer across the entire metal surface, providing a far more effective defence against corrosion than coatings with lower magnesium content.
In terms of cost-efficiency, Magnelis provides the best alternative to galvanized products, as well as stainless and aluminium. Magnelis® coatings offers the possibility to drastically increase the corrosion performance or to offer with a strongly reduced coating layer the same level of corrosion resistance of standard galvanised products Magnelis is also much better for the environment, notably demonstrating significantly reduced zinc runoff into the soil.
