Floors for food production
Polyurethane coating
What floors are needed for the food industry?
In order to effectively select a flooring system for food production, you need to first decide what will be the operating conditions of your floors?
What food will be produced in which room and how it can come into contact with your floors.
Floors for the food industry
Types of floors for food production
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Polyurethane floors.
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Epoxy floors.
- Tiles for food production.
Each type of floors has its own advantages and disadvantages, so they are selected purely individually.
The only criterion and requirement, for all food floors, they must be dust-free and airtight.
Floor for food production
Shake hardener for industrial floors | Topping floors
If you are a food manufacturer and your factory has mainly dry production processes, without exposure to aggressive environments on the floors.
In this case, you do not need to use expensive polymer coating systems and you will be satisfied with concrete floors with cement hardener, topping.
Benefits of an industrial floor with shake hardener
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Food floor with shake hardener, has high wear resistance, strength, does not generate dust.
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Low cost per square meter, relative to polymer coatings.
Disadvantages of an industrial floor with shake hardener
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Low resistance to aggressive environment.
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Weak chemical resistance.
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Poor resistance to bacteria.
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Low temperature resistance.
- Weak water resistance.
Where are topping floors used?
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Dry storage areas.
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Dry industrial premises.
- Freezers.
Epoxy floors
Self- leveling floors for food production on an epoxy basis are used in rooms where indicators are required for the absence of dust formation, short-term water tightness, and resistance to aggressive environments.
Benefits of thin layer epoxy coatings
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Wear resistance.
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Chemical resistance.
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Seamless.
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Waterproof.
- Large selection of colors.
Disadvantages of thin layer epoxy coatings
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Weak resistance to high temperatures during cleaning or operation.
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Possibility of peeling of the coating during constant wet manufacturing or cleaning processes, if the epoxy coating has been mechanically damaged, something has fallen, a micro-hole has formed and moisture has entered under the polymer layer.
- A rigid epoxy system does not behave well with temperature changes.
Where are epoxy floors used in food production?
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Office rooms.
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Corridors.
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Industrial premises with dry operation processes.
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Warehouses.
- Industrial kitchen.
Epoxy floors for food premises
Polyurethane floors
The application of thin-layer polyurethane coatings in the food industry is carried out depending on the technical specifications.
Polyurethane coatings perform well in freezers, due to the high elasticity of these coatings or for warehouses where high wear resistance of the base is required.
Polyurethane-cement floors
Two- component polyurethane-cement systems for food production, have high physical and mechanical characteristics and are chemically resistant to various types of aggressive environments.
Advantages of polyurethane-cement coatings
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High resistance to bacterial growth.
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Water resistance of the system due to the thickness of the coating, from 4-12 mm.
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Resistance to temperature loads, up to 100C.
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Wear resistance and strength.
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Elasticity and seamlessness.
- Personnel safety and anti-slip.
Disadvantages of polyurethane-cement coatings
High cost per square meter of coating, relatively thin-layer polymer systems.
Where are polyurethane-cement floors used?
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Meat processing plants.
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Dairies.
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canning factories.
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Beverage production.
- Fisheries, etc.
Tiles for food production | Acid-resistant tiles
Acid-resistant ceramic tiles are one of the traditional and classic coatings for the food industry, dating back to the times of the USSR.
Benefits of Acid Resistant Tile
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High wear resistance.
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Antibacterial properties.
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Durability.
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Chemical resistance.
- Anti-slip.
Disadvantages of acid-resistant tiles
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The presence of seams.
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Ability to shoot tiles.
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Floor waterproofing is required with epoxy systems.
- Requires epoxy grout.
Acid-resistant tiles for the food industry