If you need advice on choosing the right type of conductive or anti-static flooring for your specialist workplace environment, FineLine Flooring can help.
What is conductive flooring?
Conductive flooring meets all three recommended electrical parameters of ANSI/ESD S20.20-2007.
Static electricity in floors and conductive floors have a low electrical resistance. This is achieved by adding thousands of tiny conductive fibres or 'veins' into the tile or sheet product.
Conductive flooring is intended to prevent, mitigate, dissipate, conduct and remove or ground excessive static electricity charges on people, furniture and equipment. Depending on the brand of flooring, these conductive fibres or chips could be made of carbon, graphite, metal, or a combination of materials. The structure of the resilient product is homogeneous to ensure that the fibres are evenly distributed.
Fineline Flooring can advise on the right conductive flooring for your environment
We work with leading suppliers of conductive and anti-static safety flooring.
Both conductive and anti-static safety floorcoverings will prevent a person from building up a charge as they walk across the floor, ensuring they don’t get a shock when they touch something that conducts electricity.
The difference between conductive and anti-static flooring is that the top layer of an anti-static floor has a coating that dissipates static across its surface, so you never build up enough charge to get a shock. Conductive flooring is a more robust solution because it’s earthed, therefore gives a much higher level of protection than anti-static matting.
What type of environments require conductive flooring?
Conductive and anti-static flooring is used in manufacturing, repairing, servicing or handling environments. It’s often laid in areas where equipment is used that’s susceptible to damage from electrostatic discharge. This could include the manufacture of components for the electronics, aviation, automotive, IT, oil and gas, and telecoms industries.
Gerflor conductive commercial vinyl flooring
Gerflor is a world leader in resilient flooring solutions and uses recycled materials across all its product ranges.
Click here to find more information on the eight products in Gerflor’s conductive and anti-static flooring range.
Polyflor commercial and anti-static flooring
Polyflor produces specialist hardwearing SD & EC flooring for ESD critical locations. This includes healthcare, pharmaceuticals, electronics and manufacturing environments.
Polyfor ESD flooring collection comprises of five flooring solutions, each with properties designed to fulfil the needs of these industry sectors.
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Tarkett conductive and static control flooring
Tarkett is a global leader in cutting-edge flooring solutions. Tarkett’s static dissipative and static conductive flooring solutions provide flexible, high-performance floorcoverings to ensure safety in sensitive environments such as operating theatres, computer rooms and electronics areas.
The range is available in homogeneous vinyl and linoleum with a static conductive or static dissipative backing – it’s colour-coordinated with compact and acoustic options. Highly resistant and easy to maintain, these floorcoverings have been adapted to suit high-traffic environments.
View details of the five collections in Tarkett’s static control range.>>
Let us manage your conductive flooring project
FineLine Flooring in Hook, Hampshire is a specialist conductive commercial flooring supplier and installer.
Our flooring installers are all CSCS registered and monitored to the highest standards. We meet all health and safety guidelines and are fully covered for commercial and employer’s liability insurance.
For any questions, or to receive a quote, please contact us on 01256 701569 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.