Surface Coatings for Concrete and Failures 4

[WoodyPE]

Has anyone come up with a surface coating on concrete that doesn't fail under forklift traffic. Moisture gradient (from vapor transmission through the slab) can casue coatings to form blisters that eventually fail. Epoxy coatings tend to crack at the microscopic level.

Has anyone tried fiberglass reinforced sheets anchored to the floor? The thermal expansion coefficient should be pretty close to concrete.

 

[WoodyPE]

another picture attached.

 

[WoodyPE]

I have probably a hundred or more pictures from various plants like those I posted.

 

[WoodyPE]

I spoke to an applications engineer regarding Fiberplate, and the 1/4 inch thick Fiberplate will take forklift traffic. They make it up to 3/4 inch thick. It is not pulltruded like SAFPLATE. It is 60% resin and 40% woven glass mat that is equally strong in all directions.

They recently installed a Fiberplate floor in a chemical storage warehouse located in California after a large EPA spill event required remediation. It takes a lot of forklift traffic.