Raised floor
A data center construction model is a raised flooring , in which above the building’s original concrete slab floor a slightly higher floor is constructed. This rubber floor parts the vulnerable space between the two floors for wiring or cooling infrastructure. To accommodate data center equipment, raised floor often are built. Throughout the data center, they are used to help control airflow and reduce the consumption air temperature of IT equipment and servers. In local building codes and national and industry regulatory standards these types of floors are the focus. They resist wear and scratch and to remove the buildup of damaging static electricity from the environment they contain conductive materials with antistatic properties.
Dangers and Experiments beneath a Raised Floor
Mechanical problems like astounding panels or gaps between the panels, can cause substantial damage to equipment or even lead to the injury of personnel.
By conducting regular inspections to check out the structural integrity of the flooring system, it is dynamic to look out for problems.
Before damage is done or people have hurt this practice will help recognize and alleviate any problems
If the installation process is done correctly in the first place then these types of problems can be alleviated. Special care must be paid to the condition of the subfloor during fitting. The subfloor should be clean of all rubbish and be as level as possible. And the walls surrounding the raised floor need to be as quadrangular as possible. Avoid those flooring that does not meet the burden of the workspace. In the lighter load areas of the building, the panels can be mixed by using lower-weight panels. While using higher-weight panels for heavy-load areas of the room.
When dense-duty systems like air distribution are necessary traditional post and panel-raised access flooring systems are a good option. Highly-trained inside personnel or outside services will be required to deal with these floors.
Under the floor, this flooring system does not provide easy access to the cables, wires, and pipes. To access the plenum the individual panels are heavy and require the use of a special tool.
Also, as the entire floor can lose stability it is not suitable to pull too many floor panels at once; if you are several feet off the ground, this can be the main problem
Raised flooring systems have several other types that are a little changed from the traditional post and panel model. These mostly have a communications/data center application.
Current applications of the raised access floor
Raised access flooring is primarily used in IT data centers and computer rooms in today’s world, where there is a necessity for UFAD. Under the floor, all cabling and wiring are routed.
Types of raised flooring systems can be working
Stringer-less raised floors: for routing cables, with this system an array of pedestals (posts) provide the necessary height. No parallel stringers are required.
Structural platforms: the system component is constructed of steel angles or channels that are welded or bolted together to form an integrated platform used to support equipment.
Truss assemblies: to support a truss framework on which the floor panels rest this system utilizes attachment points to the subfloor to support a truss framework on which the floor panels rest.
