Defend your project with Atkore Defender Range
Defend your project with Atkore Defender™, a comprehensive system solution of premium finish metal framing and cable management | Available now.
New Atkore Defender brochure available to down here
How much more productive could your installers be if they no longer had to touch up the cut end of every Atkore Unistrut or Cable Tray? How many more projects could your company win with products that can reduce overall project costs? And what if those products were also durable enough for mission-critical applications such as mobile phone towers, solar farms, electrical substations, and many others subject to corrosive elements?
Hot-Dip Galvanised (HDG) has long been the standard providing a good level of protection, but most often it will not protect the steel for the entire service life of the facility. Then we have Stainless Steel, providing superior protection but at a much higher price. Therefore, the trade-off has been whether to have the superior protection of Stainless at a higher cost, or lesser protection at a significantly lower cost. Until now, no effective alternatives have been available.
The Solution
Fortunately, Atkore now offers, under its Defender™ brand, a premium material coating designed for use in high-corrosion environments. This significant addition to their comprehensive catalogue provides engineers and contractors a cost-effective alternative to Stainless Steel for high corrosion, outdoor applications.
The Atkore Defender™ coated product line enables delivery of systems that last. Recognised for its ability to offer superior performance, the Atkore Defender™ coating outperforms Hot-Dip Galvanised by lasting up to 3 times as long before reaching the 5% red rust failure criteria*. This allows Atkore Defender™ coated product to keep its rust-free appearance for longer, as its self-healing properties mean the steel can re-protect itself when cut or scratched.
Additionally, building with Atkore Defender™ can offer significant lifetime savings for a project, enabling teams to avoid replacement and costly maintenance that may otherwise be required with lesser types of steel coatings.
By using Atkore Defender™, engineers and contractors can enjoy the following key benefits:
Self-healing coating – The self-healing properties of Atkore Defender™ means the steel can re-protect itself when cut or scratched. This reduces risk and worry of the coating being inadvertently damaged during installation and can eliminate the need for secondary touch ups. Overall, this helps to keep projects on track, increase labour efficiency, reduce follow-up inspection expenses, and maintain quality.
Streamlines installation – Coated Atkore Unistrut channel, tray, and accessories can eliminate the binding of threads associated with Hot-Dip Galvanised.
Ideal for corrosive outdoor environments – Up to 3 times the performance of Hot-Dip Galvanised*. Where Hot-Dip Galvanised rust may form on the cut end, Atkore Defender™ can heal over time. This makes it the ideal solution for corrosive environments such as industrial facilities, rooftop supports, solar panel framing, highways, railways, bridges, parking structures, mobile phone towers, electrical substations, and many more applications.
A cost-effective option – Atkore Defender specially coated products can improve overall project cost savings as it eliminates the need for stainless steel alternatives.
Proven to Perform
Formulated to withstand salt spray, high humidity, and other environmental extremes seen in demanding and mission-critical applications, Atkore Defender™ coated product is ideal to specify on construction projects such as, mobile phone towers, electrical substations, agricultural facilities, transportation, bridges, parking structures, railways, platforms, solar panel framing, rooftop supports, and many other installations where Hot-Dip Galvanised products might not be up to the task
Defend your project with Atkore Defender™, a comprehensive system solution of premium finish metal framing and cable management | Available now.
New Atkore Defender brochure available to down here
How much more productive could your installers be if they no longer had to touch up the cut end of every Atkore Unistrut or Cable Tray? How many more projects could your company win with products that can reduce overall project costs? And what if those products were also durable enough for mission-critical applications such as mobile phone towers, solar farms, electrical substations, and many others subject to corrosive elements?
Hot-Dip Galvanised (HDG) has long been the standard providing a good level of protection, but most often it will not protect the steel for the entire service life of the facility. Then we have Stainless Steel, providing superior protection but at a much higher price. Therefore, the trade-off has been whether to have the superior protection of Stainless at a higher cost, or lesser protection at a significantly lower cost. Until now, no effective alternatives have been available.
