Best Materials for Cold Storage Flooring

Cold storage units are climate-controlled facilities used for storing food, dairy, meat, seafood, etc. Currently, China ranks third globally in cold storage capacity, behind India and the United States.

Cold storages are categorized into low-temperature, medium-temperature, high-temperature, quick-freeze, and controlled atmosphere storages. The primary market is low-temperature storage, accounting for 72%, mainly for food storage at -18 to -25°C, ideal for meat and vaccines. The unique environment of cold storages demands high-quality flooring materials, which must withstand prolonged low temperatures and endure the impact and pressure from forklifts during loading and unloading. Therefore, materials need excellent low-temperature resistance and impact durability.

Common Solutions for Cold Storage Flooring and Their Issues:

Option 1: Steel shot with sealing hardener for a dense surface, preventing water infiltration.

Option 2: Water-based polyurethane mortar. Excellent in preventing freeze-cracking and water seepage.

Challenges:

1. Being a rigid system, it is less effective against cracking. Normally, the flooring performs well, but local cracking can allow ice water to seep in, causing expansion and concrete damage.
2. Low-temperature conditions hinder or slow the chemical reaction, necessitating shutdowns for maintenance, thus increasing costs.
3. Mechanical properties weaken in low temperatures, reducing lifespan.

For cold storage flooring solutions, polyaspartic polyurea (Feiyang) offers natural advantages. It is suitable for both new flooring projects and renovation of old, damaged floors:

1. Polyaspartic polyurea exhibits excellent low-temperature reactivity and durability, allowing for maintenance without shutdowns, thereby reducing costs and offering high cost-effectiveness.
2. Its elastic system features high strength (≥10MPa) and high elongation (≥200%), making it wear-resistant and capable of bearing heavy loads.
3. Maintains crack resistance in low temperatures. The paint film is dense and waterproof, preventing water infiltration and consequent concrete expansion and cracking.
4. Aesthetically pleasing, inert material, resistant to bacteria and dirt.

Feiyang has been specializing in the production of raw materials for polyaspartic coatings for 30 years and can provide polyaspartic resins, hardeners and coating formulations. Some of our polyaspartic coating formulations: Polyaspartic Coating

Feel free to contact us: marketing@feiyang.com.cn

Our products list:

• Polyaspartic Resin
• Isocyanate Hardener
• Special Chemical

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Shenzhen Feiyang Protech Corp., Ltd. specializes in researching and producing polyaspartic polyurea resin and other new chemical products. We are recognized as a "National Special New Key Little Giant" and a "State-level High-tech Enterprise", with more than 50 polyaspartic polyurea invention patents. We also participated in the preparation of 13 industry standards for polyaspartic polyurea materials as a leading company in this field, ranking No.1 in the Chinese market.

In the coating industry, polyaspartic polyurea is used in construction machinery, automobile, containers, fan blades, marine heavy corrosion protection, and high-end industrial and commercial floor coatings. In the adhesive field, it is mainly used in sealants, stone adhesives, electronic adhesives, film circuit packaging adhesives, and other high-end applications. In the waterproofing materials sector, it is primarily used in hydroelectric dams, water parks, building waterproofing repair materials, and other areas. In the structural materials field, it is applied to curling tracks, artificial ice skating rinks, and other structural materials.

Polyaspartic polyurea is considered a high-end new material in the strategy of manufacturing power. We have broken the foreign technology monopoly and filled the domestic market gap. Due to its comprehensive characteristics of "Environmental protection, Energy saving, and Long durability", polyaspartic polyurea can contribute to the realization of genuine carbon neutrality in the coatings, adhesives, and materials industries.

Since 2012, Feiyang polyaspartic ester resin has been supplied overseas. It has been widely used to replace Bayer's current polyaspartic system in many coating companies and has been applied in anti-corrosion and waterproofing by international coating companies.