Newton Exports Epoxy-Coated & Filled (Flo-Bond) Strand

Among Newton Exports’s prestressing steel offerings, the Newton Exports Epoxy-Coated & Filled (Flo-Bond) Strand is positioned for marine bridge piers, coastal splash zones and chemical containment structures where a bare or even a galvanized strand would not give the design life the owner is asking for.

Qualified against ASTM A882 / project-specified, the size range extends a fusion-bonded epoxy coating applied over the base strand to form an impenetrable corrosion barrier, positioned in this catalogue alongside Newton Exports’ galvanized and PE-coated lines as the option for the most aggressive exposure conditions.

Field use of the Newton Exports Epoxy-Coated & Filled (Flo-Bond) Strand concentrates on coastal and offshore bridge substructures, wastewater and chemical containment tanks, and any structure where chloride ingress is the dominant durability risk.

Testing on the Newton Exports Epoxy-Coated & Filled (Flo-Bond) Strand follows an EN 10204 3.1 mill test certificate recording heat number, full chemical composition, actual breaking force, 0.2% proof load and 1,000-hour relaxation data, packed in 2.5–3.5 MT coils wrapped in multi-layer VCI film and loaded into ISPM-15 certified, silica-gel-dried 20 ft FCL containers.

A few handling reminders apply to the Newton Exports Epoxy-Coated & Filled (Flo-Bond) Strand: cut only with an abrasive disc cutter or shear cutter, never with a flame or welding torch, since heat changes the steel’s microstructure and its mechanical properties. Coils should be unloaded with a crane rather than dropped off the vehicle, stored under cover on a raised platform away from direct ground or water contact, and protected with a vapour phase inhibitor if they will sit on site for an extended period before stressing.