Access
Flooring
Kingspan Access Floors Limited - In line with our ongoing product development programme we will be introducing two new pedestal designs in 2007!
The first of these will be the Kingspan
Alpha V, which is a product designed to the PSA MOB
Specification for performance up to heavy grade, as with earlier
designs the Alpha V will be available for use on all Kingspan
raised floor systems and has been independently tested and
approved by the UK's leading independent UKAS accredited
laboratory; BTL (test certificates are available from Kingspan
Technical Services).
Until existing stocks are exhausted, we will be dispatching the
Alpha IV and Alpha V designs to the same projects but as the
performance and design of the two components are very similar
and they are both independently tested this will not be more
than a very minor aesthetic change.
The second new design is the Alpha III which has been introduced
to provide an enhanced product for use in deep floor voids for
heavy & extra installations such as data centres. With data
centres there are generally reasonable lead times which enable
us sufficient time for the manufacture & delivery of pedestals
but occasionally & as programmes dictate procurement times can
be reduced which has presented certain challenges in the past so
the R&D team were charged with producing a new design which
would offer an enhanced product and enable us to offer an
enhanced service level by building stock.
After considerable market study the R&D team have designed a new
pedestal, the new Alpha III, which we will keep in component
form in standard stock sizes in Hull until the particular
building has been surveyed to determine the precise length /
height of pedestal that is required and then these will be
produced by Kingspan in Hull, assembled and dispatched to site.
The result will be a quality pedestal for deep floors in data
centres that is available from stock!
Data sheet are being issued in December which will show the
design of both of he new products along with their performance
etc.
In recent months questions have been raised in small sections of
the market regarding “zinc whiskers” and we considered it
appropriate to issue a Technical Bulletin explaining the
phenomenon , something that has been raised in the USA but is
“quite new” in the UK. The Technical Bulletin (Kingspan Access
Floors 25973.06) is available from Kingspan Technical Services
but the following is an extract from that document:
Since the discovery of the zinc whisker phenomenon over 50 years
ago, zinc whisker formation has not been identified on any
hot-dip galvanized steels.
ALL Kingspan Access Floors raised flooring panels are produced
using the hot dipped galvanized steel method.
We have also been asked, on a very limited number of projects
for a “zinc whisker free” pedestal / under structure and we are
pleased to announce that a nickel plated alternative for all of
our pedestals is available to order, which is zinc whisker free.
Obviously the lead times for these products should be taken into
account when discussing particular projects.
Email:
danielle.clayton@kingspan.com