Sensitive Floors
Sensitive floors require the right wheel or castor to avoid damage and to preserve your floor. Choosing the correct wheel or castor for your application will not only prolong the life of your floor, but also of your wheel.
At TEP Technica we offer a wide array of wheels to suit a variety of industrial and commercial applications. Our technical advisors are on hand to offer advice on product identification. To help get you started use our guide to identify the most suitable tread for your application.
WHEEL REQUIREMENT: FLOOR PRESERVATION
Suitable for: Hardwood Floors, Ceramic Tiles
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PevodynSOFT |
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Vulkollan Soft |
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Castors & Wheels For Sensitive Floors
Sensitive floors often require good noise reduction and vibration damping, and a general rule, you should use a hard castor tread with a soft flooring surface (such as carpet) and a softer tread with a harder flooring surface (like hardwood or ceramic tiles).
If the tread is too soft it can mark a hardwood or ceramic floor which can be difficult to clean, so matching the appropriate tread to the application is important if you want to preserve your floor and enjoy smooth motion and handling from your wheel.
PevodynSOFT
PEVODYN®-Soft 78° Shore A is a new high-quality polyurethane elastomer that we have developed with high dynamic load capacity and significantly reduced starting and rolling resistance. The excellent mechanical properties of the material include high cutting, tearing and abrasion resistance. Thanks to its good noise reduction and vibration damping, PEVODYN®-Soft is particularly suitable for use on surfaces where care is needed. And with its hydrolysis resistance, the material is ideally suited for use in tropicalclimates.
VulkoSOFT
VULKOLLAN® is a highly elastic polyurethane elastomer based on Desmodur® 15. Like all VULKOLLAN® versions, the material has excellent mechanical properties including good dynamic load capacity, good abrasion resistance and tear growth resistance, high impact resilience and low compression set. With a Shore hardness of 85° Shore A, VULKOSOFT® combines high load capacity with good noise reduction and vibration damping and istherefore particularly suitable for use on surfaces where care is needed, for example on tiled floors.
