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Article: Evaluating high wear floor systems in the solid waste industry.
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- Public Works
- Article date:
- August 1, 1993
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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The solid waste industry places tremendous demands on floors, walls, and facility equipment used to process the waste stream. Floors in particular must withstand extreme impact and abrasion loads.
Tipping, push pit, and ash room floors wear rapidly and require the highest quality floors the industry has to offer. These floors are found in waste transfer stations, material recovery facilities, and waste-to-energy plants, where they are subjected to severe wear.
Owners and operators of these facilities must reduce the life cycle cost of these floors. They have to choose a floor system that will offer the longest possible service life, eliminating frequent repairs ...