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News Release from: Wedge Group Galvanizing | Subject: Galvanising fabrications
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2006
Galvanising a 'fire-breathing' dragon
For a galvanising company, an interesting departure from the more usual idnustrial items was the galvanising of a 7ft tall 'fire-breathing' dragon - fabricated from forgings and steelwork.
A 7ft tall dragon was a monster of a job for Merseyside Galvanizing It made a big change from galvanizing gates, railings, steel balconies and other more usual items
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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But the Wedge Group company, which has its site at Blackburne Street, Garston, rose to the challenge of galvanizing the fire-breathing dragon, which was produced by regular customers The Age of Iron, based at Chatburn, near Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK.
Yvonne Lloyd, of The Age of Iron, said: "The dragon was designed and made here by Raymond Latham, and each of the dragon's scales has been forged and welded to the frame.
When it came back from Merseyside Galvanizing, we put it on show outside.
I wish I had a pound for everyone who has taken a photograph." The Age of Iron, which specializes in modern wrought-iron work for the home and garden, sends all its galvanizing work to Merseyside Galvanizing at Garston, to ensure the longest and best possible anti-corrosion protection for up to 50 years or even longer.
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