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U. S. Steel Introduces ACRYLUME CF to its Construction Steel Lineup
10/13/2010 - United States Steel announced the addition of ACRYLUME CF™ Coated Sheet to the company’s lineup of construction steels, offering the environmentally conscious metal building construction industry the nation's first chromium-free acrylic coating on GALVALUME® Coated Sheet.
United States Steel Corp. announced the addition of ACRYLUME CF™ Coated Sheet to the company’s lineup of construction steels.
Introduced to help support "green" building design and practices, the new ACRYLUME CF™ offers the environmentally conscious metal building construction industry the nation's first chromium-free acrylic coating on GALVALUME® Coated Sheet. Designed to exceed anticipated environmental regulations in the United States, ACRYLUME CF also meets numerous European Union environmental directives, including Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical Substances (REACH).
According to the company, the new product will provide all of the quality and performance attributes inherent in its predecessor, ACRYLUME® Coated Sheet, which set the standard for enhancing the outstanding corrosion protection of GALVALUME® Coated Sheet by sealing it in a tough, clear polymer coating.
Like ACRYLUME, the new product minimizes staining and discoloration issues during storage, handling and installation, and both products can be used in the same end-use applications, side-by-side if needed. In addition, neither product requires the application of lubricants prior to roll forming, thus they can be delivered to a job site free from slippery substances, providing customers with increased safety during handling and installation.
The company noted that the original ACRYLUME, which meets all current environmental guidelines in the United States, will continue to be available to customers for commonly used applications such as metal roofing and siding.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., United States Steel manufactures a wide variety of flat-rolled and tubular steel products, coke, and taconite pellets at facilities in North America and Central Europe. The company has an annual worldwide raw steelmaking capability of 31.7 million net tons.
