Floor coating in an operating room

Uniformly conductive, flexible polyurethane floor coating in the medical sector.

Assignment and requirements

During an operation, very sensitive technical measuring instruments are used, which need to be protected from static electrical charge. The floor must also be easy to clean and meet the high hygiene standards in the medical sector.

Particularities and challenges

This particular project required a floor covering with uniform conductivity, that is at the same time easy to clean and resistant to disinfectants. In order to carry out a jointless installation over several floor areas, the coating needed to have sufficiently flexible properties.

The solution

Our System F6 KLB CONDUCTIVE LOW-VOC PU ESD Elastic has been developed to meet exactly these requirements. After preparing the substrate, a dissipative base coat was first applied, followed by a conductive polyurethane coating as main layer. The latter has good acid resistance and flexibility to remain elastic even when the substrate deforms. Finally, a matting and electrically dissipative sealer was used to ensure uniform conductivity across the entire surface of the operating room. As an alternative to the actual build-up of the F6 system, PU 813 EL+/ESD was applied as top-sealer – which increases the resistance to disinfectants.

The Project

Category: Healthcare, hospitals
Area size: approx. 135 m²
Area type: Operating room
Completion: June 2017

 

Build-up of system

  1. Top sealer KLB-SYSTEM POLYURETHAN PU 813 EL+/ESD
  2. Top coat KLB-SYSTEM POLYURETHAN PU 413 EL+
  3. Conductive layer KLB-SYSTEM EPOXID EP 799 Ableitgrund with copper strip KLB-Kupferband attached underneath
  4. Scratch coat with KLB-SYSTEM EPOXID EP 57 and mixed sand KLB-Mischsand 2/1
  5. Primer KLB-SYSTEM EPOXID EP 57

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