SSAB can provide the Hardox and Strenx grades with a shop primer that provides an effective corrosion protection of plates and cut lo length sheets during storage, transportation and fabrication. The corrosion protection period is set to 6 month.
Shop primed plates in the Hardox and Strenx grades are coated with an inorganic low zinc silicate primer. The thickness of the primer is approximately 10-15 µm. Plates that SSAB keeps in stock are always painted with the primer.
Hardox wear plate with red-brown shop primer.
If requested, the primer is easily removed from the parts of the plate that will be subjected to cutting and/or welding by for example a brush or a grinding tool.