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Thank you for visiting our site. As you will notice,
items on our website are not priced. This is due to
a number of factors. For example, sometimes we make
a steel base for an item in conjunction with other
materials for a custom design that is ultimately part
of something we simply played a role in. Prices will
vary based on a number of factors such as dimensions,
design, and material chosen for each piece. We pride
ourselves in being a custom steel furnishings company.
We strive to produce pieces that fit your desires
and needs. We are proud of the range in price, design,
and aesthetic of what we are able to offer. We apologize
that we do not have individual prices for every piece
and we sincerely appreciate your flexibility. We invite
you to call or
email us with any questions or concerns.
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Virtually Indestructible: The furniture made
by PK Steel Designs is made with strong 11-guage steel
tubing, we don't use the wimpy stuff. Additionally,
40years of welding experience ensures strong joints
with adequate fusion and penetration at the weld with
no bubbles, holes or other inconsistencies. All exposed
joints are sanded smooth leaving a look that is so
uniform it is hard to tell where we welded.
Long Lasting: Over many years and moves our
furniture will not weaken at the joints, as can occur
with wood furniture. There is no assembly required.
This means nothing to weaken on any of our pieces.
Steel is Green: Steel is North America's Number
#1 Recycled Material. Each year, more steel is recycled
than aluminum, paper, glass and plastic combined!
Scrap has become the steel industry's single largest
source of raw material because it is economically
advantageous to recycle old steel into new steel.
In light of this, steelmaking furnaces have been designed
to consume steel scrap. In fact, in the past 50 years,
approximately 50 percent of the steel produced in
this country has been recycled through the steelmaking
process. Thanks to the steel industry's impressive
history of recycling, a wide variety of collection
programs exist to recycle steel products. All of these
programs tap into the steel recycling infrastructure,
a well-established network of more than 2,000 ferrous
scrap processors and more than 70 end markets. This
steel recycling infrastructure, which has grown and
matured over the years in its efforts to meet the
steel industry's demand for steel scrap, is the reason
today's steel recycling efforts actually supersede
those of the past. Source: The Steel Recycling Institute
(SRI) http://www.recycle-steel.org/rates.html
Powder Coating is Green: PK Steel Designs
uses powder coating for all COLORS. The use of powder
coatings in industrial applications produces the least
environmental pollution of any of the current coatings
technologies. Powder coatings have near-zero VOC content
(0.5 to 5 % by weight). In contrast, liquid paints
contain as much as 60 % solvent, which evaporates
during painting. Overspray from powder painting operations
can be recovered and reused. In contrast, overspray
from liquid painting operations is discarded as waste
and may be classified as hazardous waste. A comparison
of uncontrolled VOC emissions from various paint formulations
yielded the following results: Conventional solvent
(67 % VOC), 38 tons/year; Water-borne (16 % VOC),
26 tons/year; higher-solids (40 % VOC), 31 tons/year;
powder coating (1 % VOC), 0.6 tons/year. Switching
to a powder coating system typically results in approximately
98 % reduction in uncontrolled VOC emissions, compared
to liquid painting systems. Overspray from powder
coatings can be recovered and resprayed, raising the
powder utilization to almost 100 %. In contrast, overspray
from liquid paints is lost as waste. Appropriate pretreatment
may require wastewater systems that treat sludge from
different solutions used during the processes. Source:
The Coatings GuideTM http://cage.rti.org/altern_data.cfm?id=powder&cat=Enviro
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