In 2020, China's Export for Plastic Flooring Increased Significantly, Let's know more about the LVT/WPC/SPC flooring(1).
Sophie Peng
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Sophie Peng
Manufacturer for NBR Latex of Nitrile Gloves, PVC Additives at Jiangxi Yuefeng Group Polymer Co.,Ltd
According to the data of exports for Y2020, China's plastic flooring exports increased significantly. Then let’s learn more about the types for it.
Plastic flooring, main component is polyvinyl chloride material.
Several common expression methods of plastic floor:
1 PVC: poly vinyl chloride,
2 LVT: luxury vinyl tile,
3 LVP: luxury vinyl plank
4 Vinyl floor
5 Vinyl plank
6 WPC:wood plastic composite
7 SPC: stone plastic composite, European and American countries call this floor RVP (rigid vinyl plank), rigid plastic floor.
Big 3 kinds of PVC Flooring: LVT, WPC and SPC.
LVT and WPC floors are semi-rigid sheet plastic flooring;
SPC (RVP) floors are hard sheet flooring.
Install method: Dry Back, click, Loose lay.
Layers of PVC Flooring:backing layer, core layer, glass fibre, decorative paper and wear layer from bottom to surface.
Today, let’s start with LVT Floor:
6 Advantages:
1. Green and environmental protection
The main raw material for the production is polyvinyl chloride. Polyvinyl chloride is an environmentally friendly and non-toxic renewable resource. It has been widely used in people’s daily life, such as tableware, medical infusion tube bags, etc., and its environmental protection is unnecessary worried.
2. Super wear resistance
There is a special PVC wear-resistant layer on the surface of the PVC floor, and its wear-resistant revolution can reach 300,000 revolutions.It can be used for 5-10 years under normal conditions. The thickness and quality of the wear-resistant layer directly determine the use time of the PVC floor. Standard test results show that, 0.55mm(thick)~ 5 years usage, 0.7mm(thick) >10 years. PVC flooring is becoming more and more popular in hospitals, schools, office buildings, shopping malls, supermarkets, transportation and other places with large traffic, because of its super abrasion resistance.
3. High elasticity and super impact resistance
PVC flooring has a soft texture and good elasticity. It has good elastic recovery under the impact of heavy objects. At the same time, PVC flooring has strong impact resistance, and has strong elastic recovery for heavy impact damage without causing damage. The excellent PVC floor can minimize the damage to the human body from the ground and can disperse the impact on the feet. The latest research data shows that for space with a large flow of people, its personnel fall and the rate of injury is reduced by nearly 70% compared to other floors.
4. Fire and flame retardant
The fireproof index of qualified PVC floor can reach B1 grade, which means that the fireproof performance is very good, second only to stone. Extinct from the fire.
5. Easy maintenance
The maintenance of PVC floor is very convenient. If the floor is dirty, wipe it with a mop. If you want to maintain the long-lasting bright effect of the floor, you only need to wax and maintain it regularly, and the maintenance frequency is much lower than that of the laminate floor.
6. Waterproof and moisture-proof
As the main component of PVC floor is vinyl resin, it has no affinity with water, so it is naturally not afraid of water, as long as it is not soaked for a long time, it will not be damaged; and it will not be mildewed due to high humidity.
