By Design News Staff --
Design News,
November 19, 2007
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As the sizes of superstores expand and the cost of maintaining these huge areas rises, flooring is changing. Polished concrete and stone are growing in popularity, but it’s expensive and time consuming to smooth the surfaces. HTC Sweden AB is now shipping a polisher that can quickly finish large floors. Its Zamboni-like vehicle, which measures 6m long, is aimed at areas larger than 20,000 sq ft. Its grinding disks contain 10 million diamond chips. SKF helped design the vehicle and provides ball bearings for the three polishing arms, which undergo tremendous pressure as the system polishes flooring materials like marble and granite.
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