Belzona Lays New Chemical Foundation In Food Sector

Industry:

Food & Drink (FOOD)

Application:

Floor Problem Areas (FPA)

Customer Location:

Finland

Application Date:

August 2020

Application Situation:

A production plant in the Food industry was renewing their process equipment and the old equipment and foundation needed to be disassembled and removed. A new foundation needed to be casted on-site. The final shape and volume of the new foundation could not be determined, until the old chemical deteriorated flooring was removed, cleaned and prepared. Acids used in the production had caused severe deterioration to the existing flooring areas.

Problem:

Downtime was a big factor. Time given for the whole project of dissassemble the old equipment, building new foundation and assembling the new equipment was 5 days. Disassembly took 2.5 days due to some difficulties, and the assembling, including adjustments of the equipment needed 2 days, so the foundation needed to be ready for assembling on Thursday morning. Time given for preparing, building and top-coating was finally only from Wednesday 15:00 to Thursday morning 07:00. During this time also the Top-Coat needed to be ready for light loading and light pedestrian footfall.

Products:

Belzona 4111 (Magma-Quartz)

Belzona 4911 (Magma TX-conditiioner)

Belzona 4154 (Magma Quartz resin)

Belzona 4311 (Magma CR1)

Substrate:

Concrete

Application Method:

The application was carried out in accordance with Belzona System leaflet FPA-1.

Belzona Facts:

For the customer, choosing a Belzona solution was an easy choice. They have used Belzona for several years and they knew that no other product is able to cure in the time Belzona does and that very few other product can cope with the conditions they face in the process environment. The customer was very pleased with the outcome and the significant saving, postponing of the production start-up, would have caused severe costs to the company.

Photographs Description

Picture 1 : Old floor de-assembly

Picture 2 : Deeper areas (2-30cm) filled with Belzona 4154

Picture 3 : Belzona 4111 used to reach the final level

Picture 4 : Belzona 4311 used as a top-coat , a final chemical resistant and safe floor-surface is achieved.