Industrial flooring for factories in Pune

In Pune, the manufacturing sector is primarily supported by industrial factories. A key component is the flooring, which guarantees both worker safety and efficient operation. Pune factories require industrial flooring that is resilient, dependable, and strong enough to survive the demands of the workplace. This manual covers the various kinds of industrial flooring that are offered in Pune, their benefits, and how to pick the best kind for your manufacturing.

Where to use an industrial floor mat

 The industrial flooring from Ideal Work can be used indoors or outdoors, on small or large surfaces, and in any kind of setting, including homes and commercial spaces. Ideal Works provides a variety of contemporary industrial floor options that differ in appearance but are all sturdy, resilient, and long-lasting. Cloud-effect Architop is the ideal choice if you are searching for an industrial floor with a distinct personality and a rough, scratchy appearance. However, because acid stain floors have shimmering metallic effects and color veins in various shades, they can give any space a distinctive and original design for those who prefer an eclectic look.

What is the minimum industrial floor thickness?

Although the minimum thickness of an industrial floor can vary, an industrial concrete floor is typically 5–10 mm thick. The final product is a surface treatment applied to a reinforced concrete slab to achieve a flawless finish. Utilizing dilatation joints is necessary due to the uneven surface.

The designer of Ideal Work’s industrial floors must determine the type and thickness of concrete to use based on the weight loads that the floor must support. Cloud-effect Architop can be applied with as little as 3–4 mm of thickness, surpassing the thickness and weight limitations of conventional concrete while still ensuring excellent durability and traffic resistance.

Different kinds of industrial flooring options

I: Vacuum-dewatered concrete floors

For many years, vacuum-dewatered floors, also known as VDF or Tre-mix floors, have been the most popular and cost-effective flooring options in a variety of industries. It can be divided into the following stages:

  • Concrete of the required grade, such as M20 or M25, is poured over the PCC and reinforcement bars as designed.
  • Vacuum dewatering (VDF) is a process by which excess water is removed in a controlled fashion by using vacuum.
  • The concrete is then power-trowelled to produce a smooth and dense concrete.
  • VDF floors are known to provide a good concrete floor and to reach strength earlier than control concrete.
  • Contrary to popular belief, the compressive strength of a specified design mix cannot exceed the targeted strength.
  • Because of controlled water removal and power troweling, the surface is dense and level, and is expected to provide better abrasion resistance than a non-VDF concrete floor.

II: In-Floor Particle Flooring

In-floor particle flooring is another flooring system that has been used for many years, particularly for heavy traffic industrial flooring. Once the base concrete floor is laid, an additional 50 to 75mm concrete topping (with the top 12 mm intermixed with iron particles of a specific particle size) is poured over it and manually leveled. Another 28 days of water curing are required before traffic can be allowed.

 

Typically, the advantage of this system is that it provides high abrasion resistance for heavy traffic. The presence of iron particles in the top layer is expected to toughen the surface, providing extremely high abrasion resistance. However, in-floor particle flooring has a tendency to ‘curl’ at the panel joints for the following reasons.

III: Widely applied floor hardeners (metallic or non-metallic)

This type of flooring is extremely popular in our country and has been for about 25 years. In contrast to In-floor Particle flooring, which incorporates iron particles into the concrete matrix, dry-shake floor hardeners are applied to the green concrete immediately after it has been poured and spread. The floor hardeners are a mixture of cement, aggregates (quartz, carborundum, or iron particles), and other additives that consume the rising water from the green concrete, hydrate it, and produce a hard-wearing, dense surface.

IV: Wet-on-wet resurfaced floors.

Floor resurfacing is a type of floor topping that combines graded hard aggregates, cement, and chemical agents. The topping’s unique formulation allows it to be applied over new concrete (wet-on-wet method) to a thickness ranging from 5mm to 15mm. Floor resurfacers are highly resistant to impact and abrasion. It provides good surface durability for critical areas of a floor that are difficult or expensive to close to traffic. Furthermore, integrally colored floor-resurfacers provide excellent color uniformity, improving aesthetics. When floor resurfacers are applied to green concrete, it becomes monolithic with the base concrete, eliminating the possibility of debonding.

V: Epoxy or polyurethane floor toppings

All of the above floors that have been discussed so far are cementitious and thus cannot provide the following properties:

 Floors without joints that are seamless.

  • impermeable, allowing no oil, grease, or other substances to pass through.
  • Antifungal and antibacterial properties.
  • chemical resistance.
  • Floor resurfacing without liquid floor hardener.

Epoxy/Pu floorings are typically laid at thicknesses ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm. Special floorings can also be laid ranging from 6mm to 9mm. These floors are installed by specialized applicators who have been trained to work with these materials. Because the base floor is concrete, surface preparation, joint treatment, application procedure, and so on must all be carefully planned.

 

Conclusions

According to the findings, different floorings provide different types of benefits while also having some drawbacks. The user must decide whether specific floorings are appropriate based on the priority of a specific requirement. Though concrete is an excellent choice for a subfloor, it cannot meet many of the demanding requirements of today’s work environment, such as cleanability, dust prevention, aesthetics, chemical resistance, and so on. Epoxy/PU floorings meet many of the requirements listed above, but they must be maintained properly.