Manufacture of Floors

There is large demand for so-called dust-free floors. These floors may be manufactured by pouring polymer compositions onto a concrete floor. They are easily cleaned of dirt, feature attractive appearance and strength, and form no dust particles in operation. For these reasons they are widely used at enterprises producing nuclear power, pharmaceuticals, and food products, as well as in offices, etc., although their cost is estimated at 50—100 per square meter. 

We have developed know-how for manufacturing floors similar in quality significantly more cheaply. Techniques include embedding colored stones or chips into cement—sand tie placed onto a floor body. After the ties are dried off, a Silor composition is applied onto the stones. This composition impregnates, strengthens, and seals the upper part of the tie, and stones and chips become securely bonded in. Consumption of composition may be only 100—200 g per square meter. A wear-resistant pol5mrethane composition of 0.1—0.2 mm thickness is applied to the floor. In this way, polymer consumption in floor manu-factirring may be reduced 3—5 times. 

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Uses. Coumarone-indene resins have outlets in paints, as tackifiers in mbber compounding, and as adhesives in the manufacturing of flooring tiles (see Hydrocarbon resins). 

Byproduct calcium Manufacture of Mainly in sea. Some In manufacture of floor... 

Foam compositions, including a latex and a polynitrile oxide such as 2,4,6-triethylbenzene-l,3-dicarbonitrile oxide, or a latex and an epoxy silane, or a latex and a mixture of the two crosslinkers have been prepared (526). The compositions may also contain additional components, including fillers, surfactants, cell detackifiers, froth stabilizers, froth boosters, viscosity reducers, and compounds to improve resilience, and antioxidants. The compositions are particularly useful in the manufacture of flooring, wall covering, shoe lining and nonwoven materials. 

The chance for a substantial rise in resource efficiency and an effective reduction of toxic risks can be missed if the market actors concentrate on alternatives with a lower level of innovation. Frequently there is a limitation on the side of the suppliers due to the limits of the traditional business (plastisol manufacturers do not produce underbody hard shells, manufacturers of floor coverings are bound to their machinery and can thus hardly switch over to using other materials). 

Manufacturers of floor coverings make use of the banks to produce marbled effects in the products. In essence in this method, heated granules in contrasting colours are added to a bank in a manner calculated to give minimum dispersion in order to ensure that the effect required (and no other) is obtained it is essential to control strictly the amount of working to which the added materials are subjected. 

Fused basalt is utilized chiefly in the manufacture of floor tiles, castings for cyclone and other separators, nozzles, augers and grate bars the centrifugal casting technology is used in the production of conveyor pipings for mines, mill corps, etc. A special case is represented by the application of fused basalt for the incorporation of radioactive wastes. Fused rocks are dealt with in the extensive series of studies by Voldan (1955 — -1976). 

Armstrong World Industries ACK Manufacturer of floor covering/building... 

Detergent base for the manufacture of floor cleaners and all purpose cleaners. 

Zinc crosslinked acrylic polymer latices have been widely used in the manufacture of floor polishes. Recent interest has focused on zirconium chemistry, primarily ammonium zirconium carbonate, which forms a polymeric ionic bridge across the carboxyl groups. 

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