FBE, the coating that lives underground.
Fusion bonded epoxy, often shortened to FBE, is an epoxy based powder coating used to protect in ground reinforcing steel, ground anchors, pipe connections, valves and a wide range of subsea and buried hardware. It is a thermoset polymer, which means once cured, it does not soften again, no matter how hot the working environment runs.
At application temperature, between 200 and 250 degrees Celsius, the powder melts onto the steel surface and flows into a liquid film. As it cools it cross links and locks itself onto the substrate, forming the corrosion barrier the spec was written for.
- Application temp
- 200 °C to 250 °C
- Coating type
- Thermoset epoxy
- Typical thickness
- 250 µm to 500 µm
- Used on
- Reinforcing steel, anchors, valves, pipe
- Service life
- Decades, in spec
- Transport
- Nationwide, daily
- Pre application
- Engineer briefed, sample if required
A thicker barrier, for the hardest jobs.
Thermoplastic coatings re melt under heat, which means they can be re flowed and repaired in service. Built up far thicker than a standard polyester, they soak up impacts, resist chemicals, and shrug off the kind of conditions that wear architectural coatings out in a season.
Common applications include playground equipment, marine fittings, industrial racking and any steel that lives in a wet, salty or chemically loaded environment.
- Coating type
- Thermoplastic, re flowable
- Typical thickness
- 500 µm to 1500 µm
- Substrates
- Steel, primed
- Repairable
- Yes, by re heating
- Used on
- Playground, marine, racking, valves
- Lead time
- Talk to us first
Industrial work starts
with a phone call,
not an online form.
For FBE, thermoplastic and any heavy duty industrial coating, ring the workshop first so we can scope the job properly, talk substrate, talk thickness, talk programme.
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