OVERVIEW:
FDT Topping system offers exceptional Durability for the most demanding operations in distribution, processing and manufacturing facilities. This traprock topping applied over a shrinkage compensating or type I/II concrete base slab provides the highest level of abrasion and impact resistance available in a concrete floor slab.
THE PROCESS:
The process begins with attention to detail. The first step is placing a base slab to support the loads of your facility. Onsite testing is performed on SC concrete to ensure proper expansion. The surface of the base slab is abraded after placement to allow bonding of the FDT Topping wear surface and then wet cured. Just prior to placing the FDT Topping a cement based bonding agent is scrubbed onto the surface of the base slab. Materials are optimized to formulate a Traprock topping mix-design with a higher than normal coarse aggregate (Traprock) and cement content which provides a Durable wear surface. FDT Topping is placed over the base slab at a high slump so that every void is filled ensuring proper consolidation and bonding. Following strike-off, drying mats are placed over the wet topping to remove the excess water providing greater Durability. Once the drying mats are removed the Topping is consolidated using a specially designed machine with a steel disc. Attention to detail insures that the edges are as flat and Durable as the entire floor system. Power trowels are then used in alternating patterns to provide an extremely dense, almost impermeable and highly Durable burnished trowel finish, producing a wear surface that will last a lifetime. Finally the FDT Topping system is wet cured for a minimum seven days.
THE BENEFITS:
The FDT Topping provides a highly Durable wear surface that is abrasion and impact resistant with fewer joints reducing equipment maintenance for many years. The FDT Topping is impermeable providing a dust free, light reflective wear surface with out the use of sealers or epoxies. The FDT Topping will last five to seven times longer than a conventional floor slab. FDT Topping is ideal for facilities that typically support around the clock operations with excessive forklift traffic such as Food Distribution Centers, Freezers/Coolers, Food Processing Plants requiring chemical and acid resistance and vehicle manufacturing facilities that require impact resistance. Due to its high Durability and abrasion resistance difficult to perform repairs such as in freezers and high traffic area are virtually eliminated with the FDT Topping systems.
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EXTREMELY DURABLE TRAPROCK SURFACE FOR EXCESSIVELY HIGH-TRAFFIC VOLUMES
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