Posting on Behalf of:

Anders Blomqvist


Hi,


What you have experienced has little to do with the HARDOX plate itself nor the primer coating. To protect the plate from corrosion during storage and transportation we paint the plate with a anti corrosion primer. The primer that we use belongs to the group low zinc silicate primers, referred to as the third generation of ZnSi-primer.

When this primer was introduced (by the primer suppliers HEMPEL and JOTUN) a lot of attention was taken to minimize any hazardous risk involved with the primer.

Today the low zinc silicate primers that we use has been accepted by various health research institutes under the condition that welding/cutting is performed in normally ventilated premises.

Attached you will find a TechSupport pdf file about work shop handling of primer coated HARDOX and WELDOX plates, also available on our home page http://www.ssabox.com/news/brochures/en_index.htmhttp://www.ssabox.com/news/brochures/en_index.htm . I have also included the Material-Safety-Data-Sheet, where you can check out §2.

625_techsupport_25_plate_primer_hardox_and_weldox_ uk_v1_2004_ssabox.pdf material_safety_data_sheet.pdf

Since I do not have the access to post this information on the site the, I would appreciate if you could do it€¦..and change the headline to No danger using HARDOX.

Best regards

Anders Blomqvist
HARDOX Development
Manager Product Development HARDOX
SSAB Oxelsund, SE-61380 Oxelsund, Sweden
Tel-+46 (0)155 255180
Fax +46 (0)155 25 55 40
e-mail:anders.blomqvist@ssabox.com




If Anyone wants a copy of the PDF I can send you a copy, just e-mail dave66698@hotmail.com