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Aircraft maintenance, storage and display hangars require durable, high-gloss, bright and light-reflective aircraft hangar floor coatings. For hangar owners, a persistent concern has been that glossy floor coatings meant slip and safety hazards. A high-gloss, smooth, floor will certainly be easy to clean and will reflect a great deal of overhead light. But, walking on ... Read more
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Electrode Placement for Testing Resistive Surface (Source: ESDA) There are several esd floor testing methods associated with and recommended by voluntary associations with a keen focus on the phenomenon and control of static electricity in work environments. Many of the esd floor testing methods (ANSI/ESD STM7.1 and ASTM F150) are developed to report the characterization ... Read more
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A great deal is involved in making a hangar floor both durable and appealing. The right hangar floor coating is integral to your airport construction or hangar project. When choosing an industrial floor coating system for your hangar, it’s important to determine your specific needs. Are there impact-resistance requirements, from dropped tools or heavy equipment ... Read more
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This question is regularly reacted to with fear, and then answered like a politician avoiding direct questions to the latest scandal. It is a simple enough question, but is too often asked out of context. It should follow the questions that ask the type of floor system needed and the surface preparation required. Understanding that ... Read more
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What Is ESD Flooring, How Does how does esd flooring work, and Why Do We Need It? An ESD Flooring system serves as a conduit for electrical static charge (known as BVG or Body Voltage Generation accumulation on a person from movement across a polymer floor) to discharge to a desired controlled ground point. This ... Read more
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With today’s food safety requirements, it is more important than ever to properly design and implement a contamination prevention plan that covers all critical control points in your process like food flooring sanitation guidelines. But, are you presenting your well-designed HACCP plan as a marketing and sales tool? Highlighting, or marketing, your contamination prevention processes ... Read more
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Is Your Food Safety Focus on Prevention? The Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA), passed in 2011, is the biggest revision  of the food safety system since the first national law was enacted over a century ago. These new rules and food flooring sanitation procedures seek to create a preventive, food safety system that is ... Read more
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Secondary containment is defined as a means of surrounding one or more primary storage containers to collect any material spills in the event of container failure.  It is surprising that some liquids you can drink could cost you thousands of dollars if your tank leaked into surrounding rivers, lakes and ground water. A few years ... Read more
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Regular cleaning of your food manufacturing plant is a mandatory part of your sanitation program.  It’s a major investment of time and money. And, you probably feel that you are doing everything you can to control contamination and meet your food flooring sanitation standards. Contamination Risks Are Always Present in Your Facility. Controlling bacteria is ... Read more
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The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 changed the emphasis from responding to food safety issues to proactively preventing them with food safe flooring. This shift created a preventative approach to sanitation and a significant demand for products that could inhibit the growth of mold, mildew and other dangerous microbes. Both FDA and USDA ... Read more

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Protective Industrial Polymers manufactures complete industrial flooring systems for manufacturing, commercial, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical and biotech markets, with a keen focus on ESD flooring control, ignition control and antimicrobial flooring solutions for today's high-tech industries. Protective Industrial Polymers also offers industrial flooring solutions for individual markets, including aviation, veterinary, medical, restaurant, brewing operations, etc. What sets us apart is our ability to provide unbiased recommendations. As a consultative manufacturer, we are not limited by our own capabilities or skill sets. This thorough analysis, combined with an understanding of your risk tolerance and capital spending strategies, allows us to then apply the two pieces of the puzzle to really make a good recommendation.

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