Whatever your needs: Seamless floors from StoCretec Solutions for coating floor surfaces

The right coating for every floor: Diverse requirements call for versatile solutions. StoCretec has addressed this task by developing coating systems designed for both light and heavy service conditions which offer chemical resistance, provide an attractive finish and are physiologically harmless. Solutions offering a well-balanced combination of functionality, economy, userfriendly application and quality of finish pay off for planners, building owners and investors alike. StoCretec products and systems are tailored perfectly to the most diverse applications.

This brochure provides an overview of the StoCretec product portfolio for coating floor surfaces.

For the sake of clarity, a distinction is made between five areas of application: • Industry • Commercial, industrial and public establishments • Multi-storey car parks • Clean rooms • Balconies Industry Thousands of square metres of flooring are coated each year in production and/or storage areas of industrial enterprises. This includes both new flooring and the renovation of existing surfaces. The scope of applications for industrial flooring is as diverse as industry itself. The properties required of a floor coating are correspondingly varied. The mechanical effects of transport vehicles have to be taken into account, particularly in areas where storage, packaging or order-picking operations are carried out, for example.

Production areas generally represent a major challenge for flooring. In addition to mechanical stress, such areas may also be exposed here to thermal stress, chemical stress or they may be required to possess an electrostatic discharge capability, for example. Commercial, industrial and public establishments In libraries, retail establishments or hotels, there are alternatives to tiles, linoleum and rubber coverings: floor coatings offer interesting appearances, are robust, seamless, economical and are a must when footfall sound needs to be reduced. Product systems which are tested in accordance with the Federal Environment Agency's latest standards additionally help to keep room air free of contaminants.

StoCretec coatings based on polyurethane or aqueous epoxy resins have been tested by the TÜV Technical Control Board and meet the test criteria for VOCs (volatile organic compounds). Emissions in accordance with the rating system of the AgBB (Committee for health-related evaluation of building products).

Parking decks Multi-storey and underground car parks vary greatly in terms of size, shape and stress levels. The spectrum ranges from single-storey underground car parks in apartment houses to vast parking complexes at airports. The requirements for car park coatings are highly diverse, according to the area of use. Customised solutions are required, tailored to the location and condition of the floor surface and the wear to which it is exposed.

StoCretec has been a leading supplier of floor coatings for multi-storey car parks and underground car parks for decades. StoCretec‘s high-tech systems have been tried and tested on millions of square metres of flooring. Clean rooms Production under "clean" conditions is becoming ever more important for sectors such as the semiconductor and optical industries or in the fields of medical and bio-technology, in order to prevent products from becoming contaminated with microscopic particles in the room air, leading to high reject rates and impaired quality. On the initiative of the Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA), Stuttgart, an industrial alliance has been established with the aim of championing "Cleanroom Suitable Materials”. The test methods developed by this alliance confirm the suitability of materials for clean room applications. As an "Industrial Alliance Member", StoCretec and Sto have developed suitable, tested materials for coating floors, walls and ceilings. Balconies Balconies are among the most sensitive parts of a building. Their exposed location makes them particularly susceptible to weather influences such as heat, water, frost and ultraviolet radiation. In addition, they are subject to various types of stress in daily use.

High-quality coating systems from StoCretec keep balconies attractive and in good working order on a lasting basis. Depending on the requirements, thin or thick-layer systems; sealings with water lacquers, or acrylate dispersions are employed. All these systems combine high product quality with functional versatility.

These product systems are complemented by well-balanced colour concepts and attractive design options.