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How can a Thick Mat Help Protect Equipment, Tools, and Materials?

Whether you’re working on a personal project in your home workshop or if you own, manage, or work in an industrial or commercial setting—the protection of your tools is absolutely necessary. If your tools and equipment are not in good working condition then your work environment might be rendered useless. Rubberized equipment flooring is a great step towards safeguarding the tools of your trade—whatever it may be! Products like thick rubber floor mats are specifically made to endure the demanding environments that are often found under heavy-duty equipment. And the true beauty of these products is that they are definitely not just a one-trick-pony!

Floor protector mats will also safeguard your subflooring from damage. Consider how easy it could be to dente, chip, or scratch concrete, hardwood, or linoleum flooring. A dropped hammer or something heavier can leave an ugly and unsightly crack. And this could be an even larger problem if your renting a building because then you could be held responsible for costly repairs. Even a single thick mat can reduce the probability of serious damage—especially if it’s placed in an area where these risks run high. Also, these products have amazing safety applications! Due to rubber’s naturally high coefficient of friction and the rich textured designs that are often included upon the surface of mats—these products are perfectly suited as slip resistant floors.However, if your main concern is the protection of machines, tools, and materials then check out the 2 principal ways that equipment flooring will work towards safeguarding your investments.

  • Protection During Falls

Industrial equipment—such as generators, air compressors, and many other items are expensive. They do however allow us to do our work more efficiently. Whether your investment is for personal pursuits or for your livelihood, it is absolutely worth protecting. A good way to ensure the safety of these sorts of machines and tools is through careful understanding of how they are supposed to be handled. But this unfortunately does not guarantee that accidents won’t happen. We’ve all been butter-fingers—we’ve all dropped something that has ended up breaking.

If you’re working at a station or on some sort of assembly-line, a strategically placed thick mat is the perfect way to protect these fallen items. Thicker rubber surfaces, though they’re made for heavy duty applications, offer a surface that is by far softer than something like concrete, tile, or linoleum. The material is naturally supple and elastic, which can help prevent the damage of dropped tools and delicate materials when they slip through our fingers.

  • Protection from Inherent Movement

Floor protector mats serve as a double barrier. First, they’ll protect subflooring from being scratched or cracked and this can be either due to the movement of large pieces of equipment or to dropped tools or materials. Secondly, they’ll protect the very items that pose as potential dangers to the subfloor. It’s easy enough to see how this works—two solid objects crashing against each other will hardly ever have a good outcome! A thick mat placed between these two is therefore a great way to protect both. Thick rubber floor mats is often made from a recycled material—the main source of which are discarded tires. Now, if you consider the sort of environments that automobile tires are designed to stand up against it’s easy to see why they are so well suited to be the main material in these products. Tires are made to be all-weather and all-terrain, meaning that they have to be able to withstand the many harsh environments of the open road such as extensive exposure to corrosive sunlight, excessive moisture, snow, and rough and uneven surfaces. This material is very simply made for these rough conditions.

Now, damage to equipment and tools won’t always be due to human error—sometimes, because of the nature of the machine it might bounce, rock, or vibrate very roughly. During one of these stints of movement an important part might break, the structure may suffer, or the whole machine might just be thrown out of alignment. Equipment flooring is designed to protect these larger heavy duty machines by providing them an elastic surface upon which their movements can land. Thick rubber floor mats will absorb the shock of the vibrations and movements and distribute them outward rather than allowing the machine to resonate with them. This is a great way to protect equipment!

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Floor protector mats are available in a variety of styles, sizes, and designs so they aren’t just well suited for any environment—they can also fit in seamlessly. Whether you need a single thick mat or a number of interlocking tiles, speaking to one of our product specialists can ensure you make the best decision to meet your specific needs.

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