EPS, the patented replacement for acid pickling, is friendly to the environment and produces a clean, rust-resistant surface with benefits for flat rolled users:
- No more oil on your steel
- Great salt spray test results
- Mitigates minor surface flaws
- Clean, uniform surface
- Custom surface roughness
- Tension leveled shape
EPS-processed strip steel is superior to hot rolled black, HRPO and pickled dry.
Cost Savings for Manufacturers
A steel surface this clean and free of oil, dirt and rust is easier to weld, paint, laser/plasma cut, rollform and stamp/draw. EPS- processed steel not only exceeds auto industry/OEM performance standards in laboratory testing, but customers use EPS in daily sheet metal fabrication and processing to leverage superior performance over HRPO.
Get details on paint performance testing of EPS: EPS Paint Tests
A Superior Steel
for Processors
Such value-added processes as galvanizing, coil coating and cold rolling can become 'leaner' and more consistent when applied to the clean, uniform EPS surface.
Certain preparatory steps, like an acid bath to strip HRPO's oil before batch galvanizing, simply aren't needed with oil-free EPS. Its tension-leveled shape and inherent rust resistance means rejects and mill claims become a refreshingly rare occurrence.
