Machinery floor

[Nelson58]

I like the interlocking tiles like they have on garageflooring.com, but I have wheels on a 1000 pound lathe, and 1800 pound mill, and wonder if I can have those tiles under these machines and be able to roll them, and also if the wheels/casters won't put deep dents in them.

 

[matt_i]

My thoughts are no, if your caster has a 1" square contact patch which is an oversized estimate you are pushing 500psi.

Try to take a thick tie wrap set on the concrete and roll your loaded caster over that...I think it will be a big issue.

 

[Nelson58]

If not, what type of floor do you suggest?

 

[Nelson58]

If not, what type of floor do you suggest?

For example, epoxy?

 

[turfgnome]

Could you place the machines then cover the rest of the floor?

 

[930dreamer]

X2 on this^^^^

 

[Nelson58]

But if I need to roll them onto the floor tiles, it will be hard to do.

 

[NitroShark]

I Rolled My Machines On Epoxy. Things Roll Very Nice On Epoxy.

 

[ez-duzit]

Mills and lathes should be leveled and remain stationary.

 

[NUTTSGT]

But if I need to roll them onto the floor tiles, it will be hard to do.

I'm curious as to why you would need to move them ? Once in a great while to change something or rearrange the shop, yeah I could see that. For the once in a few year move, just pull the tile up and replace.

 

[turfgnome]

But if I need to roll them onto the floor tiles, it will be hard to do.

My Mill is light at around 600lbs and the lathe I own is just slightly more but I would not move either of them unless I had no other option. And my 2000 lb drill press and surface grinder will likely not moved again while I am alive. To put that in perspective I turn 40 next year.

 

[Nelson58]

They won't move much, but I have a tiny shop of only 8x12 or so. Might need to move things around a little to set them up.

I'm looking for some very hard plastic or polyprop interlocking tiles that can stand up to the weights of a lathe (1000) or mill (600).

 

[ez-duzit]

Plastic cold flows and will throw the machines out of level/alignment.

 

[slodat]

Lock-Tile/Flexi-Tile might work well for what you are wanting to do. They are both rated for forklift traffic..

 

[Nelson58]

I think the Flexi-tiles are exactly what I am looking for. I see that they sell them directly. Any other good places to buy them?

 

[slodat]

I got quotes from Lock-Tile and Flexi-Tile last week. At 1300sq ft, Flexi-Tile was about $300 less. Both companies said the others product was basically the same thing. I plan to order from Flexi-Tile. Have them quote it, the price was significantly better than their website.

 

[Nelson58]

Awesome. Thank you very much.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Email us for a quote on our www.supratile.com. We may be able to save you some money depending on the tile you want. Our tiles are rated for forklift duty since they are solid. We park 80,000 lb fire engines on them (www.armor-tuff.com)

Thanks!

 

[Tutt]

I have machinery in my garage and would love to do plastic tiles, but i have 2 major concerns.
1. The chips off a lathe are freaking hot. I would imagine that they would melt into the floor.
2. My garage faces west and I am worried that with heavy machinery preventing the floor from moving on both sides, i will have problems with the floor expanding and buckling.

Anyone have real wold experience with this? I sure would love to go this route.

 

[Nelson58]

Email us for a quote on our www.supratile.com. We may be able to save you some money depending on the tile you want. Our tiles are rated for forklift duty since they are solid. We park 80,000 lb fire engines on them (www.armor-tuff.com)

Thanks!

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I need 100 square feet of the dark gray diamond for my small shop.

 

[Armorpoxy]

Please call our office tomorrow or resend email. Many thanks!


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