Comparison - ComFloor Industrial Raised Floor vs Standard Raised Floor

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No-Floor Design

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Welded Steel Structures

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Standard Raised Floor


	Standard Raised Floor	ComFloor
Specialized floor for technical rooms	Standard raised floor systems suitable basically only for office premises without heavy equipment	ComFloor is a specialized raised floor for Technical Equipment rooms - no compromises needed!
Adaptation to equipment characteristics	Floor panels are always 600x600 mm, limiting the flexibility of the floor	Modern Modular system adapted to the equipment characteristics (footprint of cabinets, weight etc). Multiple sizes of panels (800x600, 600x600, 400x600 mm and others if necessary)
Loading capacity	Standard floors not suitable for supporting heavy equipment such as electrical switching cabinets and transformers.	Mechanical Stability of ComFloor superior compared to ANY standard raised floor, due to the massive bolted steel structure consisting of 80x40 mm profiles
Removing panels/stability	Even removing a small amount of floor panels in a standard raised floor system, will reduce the lateral stability of the floor, with the risk of collapsing floor	All floor panels can be removed without reducing the overall stability of ComFloor
Floor heights	Standard floors become unstable and weak at floor heights above 600 mm, especially with heavy equipment - BIG risk for collapsing floors	ComFloor can be used between floor heights of 300-2400 mm and still be able to support the same kind of extremely heavy loads.
Space for installations under the floor	The 600x600 mm geometry of standard floors highly reduces the size of installations between the leg supports	The standard spacing between leg supports = 1200 mm, giving full flexibility and space for large installations under the floor (wide cable ladders and ventilation ducts)
Free access to equipment	Standard 600x600 mm panels will always risk to be blocked by equipment with larger dimension than 600x600 mm, resulting in bad or insufficient access	Adapted floor panel sizes allows free access to any equipment placed on ComFloor. The end of the equipment is always the beginning of a fully removable row of panels.
Walking and working under the floor	СIt is not possible to safely enter into the floor void of a standard raised floor!!!	Provided that ComFloor is high enough, it is actually very convenient to work and "walk" under the floor. The floor framework is 100% stable to support all equipment even with all panels removed - which makes enterring into the floor void 100% safe
Economy for the enduser	Standard raised floor systems require normally 20% more space for the same amount of server racks or telecom cabinets	The use of adapted floor panel sizes can increase the total amount of installed server or telecom cabinets in a particular area - reducing the cost for the investor or end-user
Grounding	A standard Raised Floor needs to be grounded with an expensive cupper wire/net system covering as much as 30% of all pedestals	ComFloor sub-structure is one galvanic element with extremely low resistance. A Floor of 100 m2 size needs to be grounded only in two places
Future reinforcement of the floor	Standard floors are first of all not suitable for high loads. If, however, such equipment must be installed, specially welded frames must be used. This is complicated to install when the room is operational	It is very convenient to easily and quickly reinforce the ComFloor in case future installations of heavy equipment such as transformers or similar will be done
No need for equipment frames	In case standard floors should be used in areas with medium weight equipment, special welded steel frames must be used	No special frames are needed when using ComFloor. All equipment is placed on top of the floor