Sugar Mill Floor Chemical-Resistant Resurfacing
Broken-down sugar mill process floor repaired and resurfaced with a chemical-resistant, anti-slip system built for washdown.
A job completed with Belzona. This describes what the Belzona system does and how it goes on, not a record of a specific project by this distributor.
The challenge
A sugar mill process floor breaks down where spillage and foot traffic concentrate. Process liquor, sugar, and the acids and cleaning chemicals that come with washdown attack the concrete, and the surface ravels, pits, and loses its profile. As the concrete degrades it turns slick underfoot, which puts the people working the floor at risk of a slip. Left untreated the surface keeps breaking up, traps liquid in the low spots, and gives the housekeeping crew a floor that can no longer be cleaned down properly.
The Belzona approach
The floor is checked to find the broken-down and unsound concrete and to read where spillage and traffic are doing the damage. The degraded material comes out back to a solid base, then a Belzona 4000 Series concrete repair system rebuilds the lost profile and fills the low spots. Once the substrate is sound and shaped to fall, a chemical-resistant floor is laid over it and an anti-slip aggregate is broadcast into the surface so it grips when it is wet. The finished floor stands up to spillage and the chemicals that come with washdown, and it cleans down without breaking back up.
- Assess and mapThe floor is inspected to find the broken-down and unsound concrete and read where spillage and foot traffic are driving the damage.
- Remove and prepThe degraded concrete is broken out back to a solid base and the surface is prepared so the repair and the new floor bond properly.
- Repair the concreteA Belzona 4000 Series concrete repair system rebuilds the lost profile and fills the low spots so the floor drains and sits flat.
- Lay the chemical-resistant anti-slip floorA chemical-resistant floor is laid over the sound substrate and an anti-slip aggregate is broadcast into the surface so it grips when wet.
- Cure and return to serviceThe floor cures and is checked for coverage and grip, then handed back ready for traffic and washdown.
The result
- Broken-down process floor repaired and resurfaced without tearing out and repouring the slab
- Surface made chemical-resistant against spillage, process liquor, and washdown chemicals
- Anti-slip aggregate built into the floor so it grips underfoot when wet
- Work delivered by factory-trained and factory-certified Belzona applicators
In the field
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