Cortenintsimbi ligama lophawu lokuthengisa uhlobo lwentsimbi yemozulu eyaziwa ngokwahlukileyo, imiphezulu erulileyo, esetyenziswa kwiifacade zezokwakha kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, kwaye idityaniswe kuyilo lokwakheka komhlaba. Ngoxa igama elithi Korten is trademarked by U.S. Steel Corp., eli gama lisetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo kuzo zonke iintsimbi ezinganyangekiyo kumbona, iqela leentsimbi zentsimbi eziphuhlisa inkangeleko efana nomhlwa ngokuhamba kwexesha. "Xa uthenga i-corten steel namhlanje, inokuba okanye ingabi yi-corten, utshilo uBranden Adams, umyili kunye nomvelisi e-BaDesign e-Oakland, eCalif.
Intsimbi yeCorten yayiyilwe ekuqaleni ukuphelisa imfuno yepeyinti okanye nayiphi na enye into ekhuselayo, kwaye ekuhambeni kweminyaka emininzi ivelisa indawo ene-oxidizing yendalo engakhuseli nje kuphela kwi-corrosion, kodwa iyenza ibe yinto efanelekileyo yoyilo. "Ukugqwala kukuhle 'kule meko kuba akukhuseli kuphela isinyithi esingaphantsi, kodwa kubonisa imibala emihle, enemibala yomhlaba," watsho umzobi wesinyithi waseMontana uPete Christensen.
“Oku kokona kulungileyo kwiibhedi zentyatyambo zexesha elide, ezikumgangatho ophantsi,” utshilo uPhilip Tiffin osuka kwiFive Twenty Industries, umzi-mveliso waseAuckland. "Utsho amashumi eminyaka." Ezinye iintsimbi ziya kuqhubeka zibola, ngelixa i-weathering steel iya kugqwala ukuya kwinqanaba elithile. Umhlwa uya kwenza umaleko okhuselayo oya kuthi uthobe umhlwa kwixesha elizayo.
U-Andrew Beck, umyili womhlaba, wasebenzisa i-corten ukwenza iterrace ejikelezayo kwigadi yakhe ePerth, eOstreliya. Izinto eziphathekayo zibonelela ngokungafaniyo kombala kumagqabi aluhlaza, kwaye i-silhouette yayo encinci ivumela ukuba abophe i-POTS ngokuqinileyo kule lungiselelo lobugcisa. “Xa sisebenzisa intsimbi ethambileyo, kufuneka silindele ukugqwala okuthe kratya ngoko ke sisebenzisa intsimbi enzima, nto leyo ethetha ukuba inobunzima obuninzi kwaye kunzima ukuyisebenzisa kwisixhobo sokutyala esikhulu,” utshilo.
Nokuba yintoni ekhula ngaphakathi, corten iibhedi zembewu ezilinyiweyo ziimpawu zoyilo ezitsala amehlo eziya kongeza ubuhle kuso nasiphi na isitiya.
Ukongeza kwiibhedi zokutyala eziphakanyisiweyo, Korten isetyenziselwa ukugcinwa kweendonga ze-landscape, ukukhanya, ii-trellises, iingcingo, iinkonzo zomlilo kunye namasango. “Ndingakuphepha ukuyisebenzisa njengesihlalo kuba iya kuba nebala kwaye ifumane ubushushu belanga,” utshilo u-Adams.
Kwakhona, corten ngamanye amaxesha isetyenziselwa iimpawu zamanzi, kodwa inokungcoliswa. "Ukuba uyayithanda okanye ukhululekile ngayo, yithathe," utshilo u-Adams.
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