The MARGIA GRANITE floor is a unique floor system because the granite ensures the antislip qualities, resistance to blood- and fatty acids and the fact that the floor, even after many, may years of intense use does not crack or delaminate and will stay anti-slip. It is these qualities that make the MARGIA GRANITE floor especially suitable for applications in the food industry, such as pork, beef and poultry slaughterhouses, meat processing facilities as well as other food processing facilities, such as vegetable, snack and fish industry.

The MARGIA GRANITE floor consists of two layers. The bottom layer consists of concrete of a special composition and has a thickness of approximately 35 mm. Directly on the fresh bottom
layer, the top layer is applied, which has a universal thickness of 15 mm. The special granite that forms this top layer has gone through numerous quality tests, and is the reason of the
extreme durability and anti-slip qualities of the MARGIA GRANITE floor.

The extreme hardness and quality of the granite results in a floor that even after intense use, the wear on the floor will be such that the anti-slip qualities remain for the life of the floor. After applying this granite topping the floor is compressed with heavy rollers and dehydrated with vacuums so that a very dense, extremely hard and impervious topping is achieved. This compaction procedure explains why blood and fatty acid do not effect the floor quality. The very dense surface prevents cracking and delaminating.

The MARGIA GRANITE floor is applied seamless with hollow coves. A common option is that the complete slope for a puddle free floor is built directly into the MARGIA GRANITE floor.

The MARGIA GRANITE floor will withstand intense forklift traffic, and daily high pressure hot water cleaning practise with common detergents in the food industry.

The normal expected proven useful life of the Margia floor is estimated at 30+ years and the floor naturally meets all HACCP, EU and USDA requirements.

Advantages of the MARGIA GRANITE floor:

• meets and exceeds all HACCP, EU- and USDA requirements
• is applied seamlessly with hollow coves and gutters
• stays anti-slip in wet conditions, even after may years of intense use
• resistant to blood- and fatty acids as well as common cleaning detergents
• guaranteed by normal use not to crack, break or delaminate
• proven useful life of 30 years
• a topping of all natural extremely hard granite

Understanding the needs of the client very well, the Ruys Group understands that floor renovation is becoming more and more important. And with renovation the aspect “time is money” is all important. In production rooms renovations frequently have to be carried out during wet conditions, with limited available time and limited allowable thicknesses. But with all these restraints, the quality still has to be good and durable. With this in mind, and after years of testing, Ruys presents the MARGIA CRETE floor.

The floor combines the strength and anti-slip qualities of the famous MARGIA GRANITE floor and the moisture insensitive, minimal thicknesses and short curing time (maximum 24 hours) of a polyurethane-cement floor. This give the additional advantages of thermal and chemical resistance.

The MARGIA CRETE floor also has the pleasing look of the MARGIA GRANITE floor which is most popular in the meat processing facilities. However, now a finer gradation of the granite chips are use and not a 40 – 50 mm cement based floor, but a approximately 4-6 mm thick polyurethane-cement floor is used. The MARGIA CRETE floor can be installed in short installation times and can quickly put to use.

Characteristics of the MARGIA CRETE floor:

• very wear resistant and able to withstand heavy traffic
• High anti-slip qualities ( R13)
• Fluid and moisture tight
• Seamless
• Almost complete chemical resistance
• Thermal resistance up to 130 °C can be achieved
• Possible in thin toppings (4-6 mm)
• Fast curing time (24 hours)
• Easy to clean

Ucrete floors have an excellent resistance against almost all chemicals, such as organic acids and solvents. Other types of synthetic floors are quickly damaged by harsh chemicals. There are very few chemicals in the world which will harm the Ucrete floor.

The other unique aspect of the polyurethane-cement Ucrete floor is its heat resistance. While most epoxy and polymer floors show damage and delamination as soon as they are exposed to temperatures above 60°C, the Ucrete floor can be resistant to temperatures up to 130°C.

These characteristics of the Ucrete floor give it the qualities of a ceramic floor without the seams. Ucrete floors are also particularly suitable in areas where extreme thermal shocks appear, such as shock freezers and areas where large quantities of extremely hot water are regularly dispersed over the floor.

Ucrete floors can be applied in four different thicknesses ranging between 4 and 12 mm, depending on temperature resistance requirements. A 4 mm floor thickness is resistant up to 60°C. With a 12 mm thick floor, temperature resistance of up to 150°C can be attained. Most applications are suitable with a 6 mm system.

The anti-slip qualities of the Ucrete floor can also be customized. The anti-slip qualities are expressed in the R-value according to the German DIN 51130. The higher the R value the better the anti-slip.

Advantages of Ucrete:

• Can be put in use quickly (after 48 hours)
• Seamless application
• High compression strength
• Chemical resistant
• Impervious
• Slight thickness
• Completely temperature resistant to 130°C

The MARGIA STONE floor is a floor that was specially designedfor the fish- and poultry industry and made of nature’s hardest materials such as granite, titatiumslag, arborundum, etc.. Because of these qualities the Margia Stone is also widely used areas such as cooling cells and expeditions.

Extremely hard and hard wearing The MARGIA STONE is in principle a combination of two floor systems, which Ruys have been installing for many years, the MARGIA GRANITE floor and the KORODUR armoured floor. The MARGIA GRANITE floor, often called slaughterhouse floor was too rough for the fish and poultry and the KORODUR armoured floor was too smooth. The MARGIA STONE floor has combined the hard wearing qualities of the armoured floor together with the favourable qualities of the granite. The result is a floor that is extremely hard wearing and resistant to 20 and more years of intense rolling and sliding pallets and forklift truck traffic.

Watertight and seamless
The total system of the 50 mm MARGIA STONE floor is watertight and the floor is installed seamless by our own specially trained craftsmen.The cementatious bonded floor is resistant to daily cleaning practise as well as blood and fatty acids common in the food industry. The MARGIA STONE topping is all natural and has a standard grey colour. The complete topping can be coloured trough and through in various colours, which will remain for the life of the floor. Hollow coves, bump curbs and gutters can be formed with the same strong material.

Customized anti-slip qualities
The floor in traffic zones has to be safe for traffic and therefore calls for certain anti-slip qualities which will be different in dry cooling cells compared to wet processing rooms. The MARGIA STONE floor can, during the last fase of installation, be finished to a smooth finish or to a medium antislip orange peel like finish or even more anti-slip. In this way you can customize you anti-slip needs per room.

Characteristics of the MARGIA STONE floor:

• can be finished smooth as well as medium to heavy anti-slip.
• available in various colours.
• extremely hard wearing and resistant to all traffic (even steel wheel).
• easy to clean.
• Made of all natural and recyclable materials,
• Installed seamless with hollow coves.
• Meets HACCP, EU- and USDA requirements.

Stainless steel drains and gutters

The standard guarantee for a puddle-free floor must be accompanied by good drainage. Ruys proposes ways to achieve good drainage and an efficient slope plan. Like the floor itself, these elements must be able to withstand heavy and intensive traffic and sit well in the floor. Attention to details such as round interior finishing, sufficient anchorage and reinforced edges and lids ensure that everything happening on the floor is under control.

Stainless steel bump curb

The Ruys stainless steel bump curb system consists of 1.5 mm thick stainless steel (AISI 304) segments, which will be completely and fully welded on the project for a totally seamless wall protection system. The 150 mm thick bump curb is installed on the rough construction floor, together with the matching stainless wall profile. To give extra strength steel dowel bars are drilled inside the bump curb to connect the complete system to the construction floor.

This stainless unit is filled with special concrete mix to form a dense and durable protection without any hollow areas or open seams. Because of the accessibility on the top this can be done very precise so no unhygienic hollow areas are left and a complete strong unit is formed.
The upper part is finish at an angle according to regulations and finally finished with the same quality material as the topping of the floor is made from. All in all the result is a practically indestructible hygienic bump curb with a great looking finish.

Characteristics Ruys stainless steel bump curb:

• HACCP, BRC, EC and USDA approved.
• For new construction and renovation
• Complete closed system, fully welded
• Practically indestructible
• No unhygienic hollow areas
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Maintenance free