Coca Cola - New Bottling Line, Wakefield

BACKGROUND

The Coca Cola Enterprises plant at Wakefield is the largest soft drinks plant by volume in Europe, manufacturing and distributing over 100 million cases per annum of well recognised brands of carbonated drink. With an area spanning 16 football pitches, the correct flooring solution for a high throughput, continuously operational production plant was of vital importance. Any shut down for maintenance carries extremely high costs for the operator, so specifying a long term, low maintenance flooring solution was crucial.

THE CHALLENGE

Coca Cola required a flooring solution for their canning and bottling lines that conformed with the strict hygiene requirements in the beverage industry. More than this they required the floor to be hard wearing, impact, slip and chemically resistant, as well as remaining aesthetically pleasing throughout its life. Soft drinks are well known to have a number of components that can be aggressive to flooring finishes, particularly sugars and citric acid. The cumulative effect of these chemicals can quickly shorten the life cycle of inferior flooring materials

OUR SOLUTION

Sika® supplied, 6mm Sika® Ucrete® DP10, with a light stable, fast curing Sikafloor® TC 681 topcoat after numerous in situ site samples were installed. The Sika® Ucrete® solution allowed for the required hygiene, chemical, impact and slip resistance drivers to be met in addition to providing a UV light stable aesthetic installation finish for the 1350m2 installation.

           BENEFITS

Fast track application was made possible due to competent Sika® Ucrete® Licensed Applicators and fast cure Sikafloor® TC 681 for early access onto the floor.

Highly chemical and slip resistant flooring system throughout 1,350m2 job to minimise risk of employee injury and reduce possibility of maintenance that would be costly to production.

Sika® Ucrete® DP10 with Sikafloor® TC 681 installed to 1,350m2 of floor in bottling halls.

Chemical resistance, slip resistance, cleanability and aesthetic properties all maintained across the area.