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Ultra-Light Floating Floor (ULFF )<\/h2>\n

A \u201cFloating Floor\u201d is a floor which is applied on top of an insulation with no solid connection to the super-structure of a ship, which means pipe penetrations, columns, foundations for machinery etc. must be disconnected from the floor system. The acoustic performance comes from the mass and spring concept, where the insulation is the spring and the top layer is the mass.<\/p>\n

The Sikafloor\u00ae Marine Ultra-Light Floating Floor system comes in two different versions where the only difference is the type of insulation sheet used underneath the floating floor. Both versions have an A60 certificate when applied in a thickness of 50 mm or more and can both be applied including Sika\u2019s special visco elastic solutions.<\/p>\n

Brand-new Sikafloor\u00ae Marine Ultra-Light Floating Floor, based on highly sophisticated, reusable technology never seen in the marine business before.<\/p>\n

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More information on Sika homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Weight saving potential – Floating Floors<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to substantiate the above business case on weight savings, reduced fuel consumption and CO2-footprint, Sika has ordered an independent study from GSR Services on this data. The study compares two different Sikafloor\u00ae Marine floating floor systems when used in a large cruise ship newbuilt construction. GSR Services GmbH compared the Sikafloor\u00ae Marine Litosilo Steel, which has a total weight of 48.1 kg, to the Sikafloor Marine UL-FF 2.<\/p>\n

1. FUEL SAVINGS MGO (MARINE GAS OIL) (GSR STUDY)
\nComparing the installed power with related fuel consumption per sailing day results in a daily MGO consumption of approximately 257 tons with the conventional floating floor system. With the new floating floor system UL FF-2, a reduction of 0.41% equals savings of approximately 1.05 to of MGO fuel per day (or 383 tons\/year \u2013 depending on sailing days). With a view on MGO prices of 1.100 $\/t at the time of data collection, this corresponds to a daily saving of 1.158 $ (up to 422.670$\/year \u2013 depending on sailing days).<\/p>\n

2. FUEL SAVINGS LNG (GSR STUDY)
\nThe specific fuel consumption including operational pumps for one full sailing day results in a daily LNG-consumption of approximately 194, a reduction of 0.41% of installed power saves approx. 0.8 to of LNG per day (approx. 292 t\/year \u2013 depending on sailing days).
\nWith a view on LNG fuel prices of 3000$\/t at the time of data collection1<\/sup><\/em>, this corresponds to a daily saving of 2.389 $ (up to 871.985$\/year \u2013 depending on sailing days). It is to be noted that LNG bunkers are available in different qualities mirrored in \u2018lower heating value\u2019 which has been taken into consideration for the calculation.<\/p>\n

1 <\/sup><\/em>www.shipandbunker.com, 05.08.2022<\/p>\n

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Raised floors and platforms<\/h2>\n

Thanks to their rigidity and their specific purely metal structure Metawell\u00ae<\/sup> panels are particularly well suited for the use in raised floors and platforms. There are several Metawell\u00ae<\/sup> panels<\/a> that can be considered for floors applications. The choice of the panel type depends on the compressive strength that is requested in view of the point loads and on the maximum weight the total construction is allowed to have.<\/p>\n

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