Business, Security Considerations When Constructing a New Industrial Floor
- Date: 2008-07-11 - Word Count: 544
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While constructing floor for any industry, safety of the people who would be working is of paramount consideration. The most important consideration is that it should provide a surface on which people would not slip. Very often accidents occur when workers slip on wet industrial flooring. Therefore, it becomes imperative to construct no-slip industrial floors for a new establishment to avoid occurrence of such accidents. This would also lead to higher productivity as people would walk on these floors with confidence without any fear of slipping. Industrial flooring could be coated or uncoated as per requirements. Before taking up any project of constructing industrial floors we will have to take a decision regarding which are the areas which would require industrial flooring. Kind of flooring to be made at each place would depend on working conditions of that area. Areas which attract high volume of traffic e.g. stairs, steps, aisles, ramp would require one type of industrial flooring which would be different from receiving area. Areas where food is stored or clean rooms might require yet another type of industrial flooring. Many industries use materials which could damage normal floors. It could stain the floor or produce odors. In those cases, these industrial flooring would make place look new but would be fire proof, odor proof and even oil stain proof. Epoxy resin flooring is used in various industries like manufacturing industry, engineering industry and also extensively used in shopping malls and hotels. It is abrasion proof and also gives a good finishing look. Polyurethane resins are used as a protective coating against abrasion. This also has its application in constructing industrial flooring where such property is important for making the flooring. It can be used either as a foam underlay or as a top coating making the floors more durable, easier to maintain and also makes it pleasing to the eye. These floor coatings are used to protect the layers below the coating and also to provide a surface which is easy to clean. While these coatings are used for constructing industrial floors many factors are considered for proper selection of the coating material. Firstly, it would depend whether the surface to be covered is made of concrete, reinforced concrete or steel. Secondly, the selection would depend on the kind of environment the floor would be exposed to. As an example, we will have to consider whether the flooring would be subject to chemical spills, fumes, or splashes. Chemicals which could destroy concrete floors could be sodium sulfate, calcium sulfate, sugar, fermenting liquids, chlorides, fat and oils. Thirdly, we will have to consider the amount and kind of traffic which the floor would be subjected to. Finally, we should consider the time to be taken to apply these coatings so as to reduce the down time of the plant to the minimum. Another factor is aesthetics. The floor should give a pleasant look to the shop floor. In general, if floors are subject to short-term or intermittent chemical exposure and light to moderate traffic, thin-film coatings usually will be sufficient. Where chemical spills are fairly common, or severe abrasion is a factor, high build coatings of 10 to 30 mils, or even thick film toppings of 250 mils or greater, are available.
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