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Resyn provided food-safe flooring for food and drink manufacturer
Food and Drink Manufacturing
Shaws of Huddersfield are producers of high-quality chutneys, relishes, sauces and salsas. They have been manufacturing these products for over 100 years from the same site in Huddersfield. The company has a distinguished reputation based on the excellence of its products. This value is mirrored throughout their production facility.
The existing polyurethane floor within the factory had been laid on a timber substrate and had begun to crack. With concerns of water ingress that could potentially damage the timber, they contacted resin flooring specialists, RESYN for advice on new food-safe flooring.
Whilst polyurethane floors have good compressive strength, they have poor tensile strength which ultimately means they do not manage well with movement. The movement of the timber substrate underneath subsequently caused the polyurethane resin to crack. The floor had also been over coated with an epoxy high build coating but the cracking was mirroring through this finish.
Following the initial inspection, RESYN suggested a Degafloor system for new food-safe flooring. The Degafloor MMA resins provide some flexibility and can tolerate some substrate flex without cracking. A scrape coat was applied with fibreglass reinforcement to further aid with the effects of the substrate movement. This substantially increases the tensile strength of the food-safe flooring system.
All joints and cracks were treated with Degafloor’s 430 flexible jointing compound before the installation of the floor finish. The Degafloor FB system that is hardwearing and slip- resistant, making it ideal for food production facilities.
The existing cove was installed in the polyurethane resin and remained in good condition. To avoid unnecessary costs, RESYN recoated this with a pigmented Degafloor seal to rejuvenate the aesthetics.
With Shaw’s busy production schedule, we needed to complete the project with minimal disruption and as quickly as possible. Degafloor MMA resins are fast-curing and the systems was fully cured within two hours of installation.
The production facility is divided into several different rooms and totalled 250m2. The works were completed over 5 days after which the facility could resume production.
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