Specification Guide

Industrial Concrete Floors

CEMENTAID SPECIAL FLOOR SYSTEMS (SFS)

This unique "Specification Guide" helps you to quickly and easily identify the right treatment, or combination of products and treatments, to meet the specific service requirements of all your concrete floors. Introduction: The concrete floor in any manufacturing or processing industry is the heart of the business. The uninterrupted use and serviceability of that concrete floor for production, is vital to the profitability of the enterprise. In many industrial environments, the concrete floor is subjected to aggressive (mechanical) or corrosive (chemical) processes or materials, that damage the floor. This damage costs the owner large sums in maintenance or replacement, and reduced productivity. For the owner, far worse expense is the cost in repair-downtime of the floor, with attendant loss of production and worse, loss of customers! The Problems With Normal Concrete Floors: Normal, or "plain" concrete, no matter how "good" it is, has several deficiencies in its properties as a structural material for industrial floors. All plain concrete;- Dusts, shrinks, cracks, chips and spalls Corrodes, stains, gets wet, transmits damp and moisture, harbours bacteria and germs Requires joints, in effect, "breaking" up a floor into smaller pieces. The joints become another, separate, on-going problem altogether (chipping, dusting, erosion, cleaning, etc.). Cementaid Enhanced Properties Concrete Floors: The modern metallurgist combines proven additives with iron, to change the properties of that basic, brittle metal. This process creates steel, or, an enhanced property "iron". Various additives create different properties for a variety of "steels". The modern concrete designer uses this same concept to eliminate or minimise the above, undesirable properties of plain concrete, and to enhance the desirable properties of this construction material. Cementaid concrete control compounds and surface treatments deliver enhanced property concretes for high-performance, low-maintenance industrial floors. Floors that measurably contribute to the profitability of all industrial enterprises. Cementaid concrete industrial floors deliver the optimum maximum results in all criteria of;- Safety * Performance * Appearance * Cost * Economy Top: Multi-Purpose Floor - 3,000m2 Joint-free, Hardened Freezable, for use as ice-rink Bottom: 13,000m2 Bulk Fertiliser floor: Jointless, Corrosion- proof, Membrane- Free, Hardened & Sealed Use this Specification Guide in conjunction with the individual Cementaid product Data Sheets to specify your enhanced property industrial concrete floors. And remember, if you are using Everdure Caltite System ingredients for your floor, (e.g. to prevent corrosion, or dampness), then you can also eliminate all expansion joints and saw cuts too, owing to Caltite concretes' low shrinkage and volumetric stability - Just contact a Cementaid Technical Service Representative for advice on large, "one-piece", seamless Caltite System floors, or for any other service or information you may require. JUST ASK! Cementaid will be delighted to answer any specific questions you may have, and to send you detailed proposals that will solve your particular problems and needs for concrete performance in any industrial situation. E-mail, fax, call or write to us with your job specifications and requirements, and we'll e-mail back to you a fully detailed proposal.

To be read in conjunction with product Data Sheets and Specifications listed in the Catalogue. Contact Cementaid's Technical Representatives for detailed submissions on particular needs.

SERVICE ENVIRONMENT	EFFECT ON CONCRETE SURFACE	RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATION	EFFECT OF SPECIFICATION
General, no specific hazard	Slight wear, some cracking	SuperPlastet recommended to enhance all concrete floors	40% increased hardness / low dust 20-30% less shrinkage
General traffic and wear	Dusting and fretting	SuperPlastet + Diamite	Abrasion resistance increased 400-600%
Ground damp, general floors	Coldness or damp	Everdure Caltite System, or 3CC System, or Aquapel + SuperPlastet	98% reduction of damp 90% reduction of damp 80% reduction of damp
Warehousing / Manufacturing (fork-lifts), Car Parking / Workshops	Severe abrasion & erosion / Aggregate exposure / Dusting Staining and soiling	Diamite + Rokite	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor Total elimination of dust. Anti-staining & easy cleaning
Cold Rooms / Chiller Rooms	Break-up from freeze / thaw	Caltite System + Rokite	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor
Wet, swampy or acidic soil	Severe damp + corrosion	Everdure Caltite System	98% reduction of transpiration No corrosion
Sulphates or chlorides contaminated or re-claimed land, marine / coastal environments	Spalling and Disintegration through wick action	Everdure Caltite System	500-600% life increase No corrosion
Organic soil, acid, water	Slow corrosion	3CC System	500-600% life increase
Impact and point-contact loads. Heavy machinery work.	Chipping and shattering	SuperPlastet +Steelite	200-300% effective life improvement
Impact and point contact loads, with wet environment	Shipping and shattering	3CC System or Everdure Caltite System +Steelite	200-300% effective life improvement
Mineral oils and solvents	Severe staining, "sweating", corrosion in some cases	Diamite + Rokite PR	200-400% effective life improvement
Jet fuels and high temp lubricants	Severe staining, corrosion in some cases	Diamite + SuperShield	200-300% effective life improvement
Fruit juices, sugars, etc. (sugar refineries / terminals, soft drinks	Rapid corrosion	a) Everdure Caltite System or 3CC System + b) Diamite + Rokite or SuperShield	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor
Organic acids, acid tanning liquors, vegetable materials	Corrosion	Everdure Caltite System or 3CC System + Diamite + Rokite or SuperShield	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor
Acids, nitric, sulphuric and hydrochloric Superphoshate works.	Very severe corrosion	Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + SuperShield	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor
Abattoirs / Tanneries (animal fats, offal, blood) Meat-works / Food Processing Animal Husbandry / Quarantine (stables, kennels, etc.) Public Conveniences	Severe corrosion and surface break-up / deterioration Bacterial contamination Strong odours Poor hygiene Unsafe working conditions	Everdure Caltite System or 3CC System + Diamite + Rokite or SuperShield + Calgrains or Steelite, where appropriate.	5 to 8 x life of untreated floor. Protects against odours and prevents bacterial contamination of floor 3 to 5 x normal coefficient of friction + impact resistance
Alcohol, beer, wine, etc. (breweries, wineries, hotels, bars, nightclubs	Rapid corrosion / deterioration from organic acids / bacterial action etc.	3CC System or Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite	6 to 10 x life of untreated normal concrete
Molasses	Slow corrosion from acids of fermentation	3CC System + Diamite + Rokite	5 to 10 x life of untreated floor
Vinegar	Disintegrates	Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite	6 to 10 x life of untreated normal concrete
Hypo, (Sodium Hyposulphate)	Disintegrates	Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite	6 to 10 x life of untreated normal concrete	
Electrolytic plating work, fluid spillage	Disintegrates	Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite or SuperShield	5 to 8 x life of untreated normal concrete
Caustic Soda	Affects siliceous aggregates	3CC System + Diamite + Rokite	5 to 8 x life of untreated normal concrete
Urine	Severe corrosion	3CC System + Diamite + Rokite	5 to 8 x life of untreated normal concrete
Printer’s ink	Severe staining, and some corrosion	Diamite + Rokite	500-600% life increase
Cold Storage rooms	Slippery surfaces, some freeze/thaw cracking	N-Tair + Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite	400-500% life increase
Wool stores	Abrasion of surface (dusting) Prevention of damp, and spontaneous combustion	Diamite + 3CC System	400-600% increase in abrasion resistance 90% reduction in damp transmission
Chlorides (of Ammonia, etc.)	Slow disintegration	Diamite + Rokite	400-600% increase of life
Nitrates of Ammonia Sulphates of Ammonia	Disintegration	Everdure Caltite System + Diamite + Rokite	5 to 8 x life of untreated normal concrete
Vegetable Oils	Slow disintegration	Diamite + Rokite + Calgrains	5 to 10 x life of untreated floor Increased traction for worker safety