Westley Plastics – Manufacturing & Engineering Flooring
Another great project completed for repeat client Westley Plastics of Cradley Heath, West Midlands. Westley Plastics is the UK’s leading manufacturer of cast nylon and plastic components, with over 50 years experience in delivering engineering plastics for heavy industrial applications.
Client Brief and Recommendation
This time the brief was to install a number of trucking gangways and warehouse aisles – the total area amounting to circa 600 square metres. The client had a number of priorities but in particular requested a hardwearing, easy to clean floor with clearly defined demarcation to optimise safety, that could be achieved in a quick turnaround time to minimise production downtime. At the site survey it was noted that the floors in question had failed floor paint, dirt, oil, and grease on them. PSC recommended a deep clean preparation followed by a two-coat High Build Epoxy Resin System incorporating a 0.4 to 0.8m quartz aggregate anti slip finish, in front of two shutter doors to add anti-slip in wet conditions.
In Preparation
The initial phase of the preparation process involved meticulously cleaning the concrete surfaces using a double-headed diamond grinding floor preparation system. We also used a handheld 110v diamond grinder for detailed areas. After completing the grinding, we thoroughly vacuumed the entire floor to ensure cleanliness. As a final step, we repaired the exposed expansion joints, which measured 5mm wide by 5mm deep. We infilled these joints, covering approximately 50 linear meters, with DCP Donseal PU440 polyurethane jointing compound.
600 Square metres of High Build Epoxy Resin
Circa 313 square metres of Trucking Gangways were masked out and given two coats of Resdev Pumatect High Build, Epoxy Resin Flooring System, in the clients chosen colourway, gloss, Chelsea Blue; with the addition of a 0.4 to 0.8m quartz aggregate anti slip finish, to a 4m wide x 3m deep area in front of two shutter doors.
The Packing Area totalling 40 sq mtrs, Racking Area totalling 130 sq mtrs, Stores Area totalling 60 sq mtrs and Casting Area totalling 20 sq mtrs also received two coats of Resdev Pumatect High Build, Epoxy Resin Flooring System in the clients chosen gloss, Mid-Grey colourway.
75mm wide Epoxy Resin Demarcation Lines were then added to the Trucking Gangways, Racking Area and to the Stores Area by laying 2 coats of Resdev Pumatect V, Safety yellow to circa 320 linear metres.
The project took just 3 days to complete, completed over the weekend to minimise production downtime.
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