What  is a temporary ground protection mat / temporary road  mat?

 Nowadays,  heavy  machinery such as excavators, bulldozers, trucks, etc.  often unavoidable to pass or work on soft ground such  as  soil  and  grass.  For  the  sake  of  protecting  the  road  surface,  grass  and  safety, temporary roads often need to be paved. Temporary ground floor mat for us is not strange, sometimes walking on the road will meet some places laid temporary paving board. What is a temporary roading solutions? (aka. ground protection mats, road mats or mud mats).Temporary road mats is a kind of board used in short-term and long-term project construction site, turf or temporary road, etc. . It is used to solve the bad environment, such as road surface, weather, and protecting any area from damage due to heavy equipment or high use.  Then, the question is: What is the use of temporary road to protect the road surface, lawn and so on?

There are three types of temporary ground protection mats on the market today.

One is made of wood (first generation) , one is made of steel (second generation) and one is made of polyethylene composite (third generation) .

Today, let’s talk about what kind of ground guard mats is better.

Wooden: The service life is short, wood material waste energy. It is not environmentally friendly, but also be broken due to corrosion and fracture. It is poor safety, and has been rarely used.

Steel: Iron or steel ground boards are very noisy. When vehicles pass by or in heavy rain, steel paving boards can be very noisy. Furthermore, they are too heavy to handle.

PE Plastic Composite ground mat:  The data shows that plastic paving slabs are more suitable than steel slabs.  Why?  Compared  with  the  steel  ground protection board,  the polyethylene  composite  road mat has  the advantages of  light  weight,  convenient handling, high load bearing, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, impact resistance, good toughness, shock absorption, moisture resistance, etc. Convenient laying, long life, can be used repeatedly, is a good product of green environmental protection.  In a word, it is an ideal material for short-term and long-term project construction sites.

Compared  with  the  traditional  steel Mat  (introduction  of  the  performance advantages of High Density Polyethylene Plastic road mat) :

Many construction sites now choose to use the plastic mat, very little steel, because plastic temporary ground protection mats are more suitable for construction sites than steel. They are also used on muddy surfaces such as lawns, which is much better than steel.

Well, what are the advantages of plastic road boards compared to steel board?
1. Polyethylene floor boards are less dense and lighter than steel, making them 1 / 7 The size of steel, and can be lifted easily by one person. The standard 3.751M backplane can be easily moved by two people; under soft soil conditions, it can meet the weight of 75 tons of heavy machinery.

2. No compaction of the site: can be directly in the silt, swamp, wetlands, permafrost areas, native grasslands, deserts, beaches and other laying, do not damage the natural environment of the site.

3.Do not absorb water, long-term exposure in the Sun will not expand deformation;

4. Has a strong impact strength;

5. Polyethylene paving slabs have good toughness and continuous bending – ultra-high load-bearing capacity (4-300 tons)

6. Easy and fast to assemble and disassemble. Regardless of the size of the site, polyethylene paving board can be any seamless splicing, flexible paving form, can be assembled into a single-lane, two-lane; linear, “T” and ring road.

7. Resistant to chemical corrosion, can bear almost all the acid-alkali salt medium, waterproof, moth-proof

8. Normal Service  in extreme conditions,  high  temperature 85 °c-169  °C;

9. Non-stick,  easy  to  clean;  

10.  Dust  and  noise  absorption;  

11.  The deformation of Polythene ground access mats can rebound, and four corners can splice fixed, so will not hurt people or car;

12. Molded plastic matting has single-sided and double-sided anti-slip lines, high wear-resistant and more anti-slip;

13. Polyethylene paving board can be disassembled repeatedly and used repeatedly. It is a new environmental protection material that can be recycled

14. No  maintenance  required;  

15.  Good  self-lubrication,  low  friction  coefficient,  low  flow resistance, energy saving

16. High impact strength, good toughness, even at low temperature, under  a  strong  impact  will  not  fracture  

17.  Non-toxic,  odorless,  exudation  

18.  Good electrical properties

19.Excellent environmental stress crack resistance, 200 times that of ordinary polyethylene

20. Excellent  low-temperature  performance,  even  at-180  degrees Celsius is not brittle cracking.

These excellent characteristics of plastic paving slabs can better protect the road surface and protect the workers. It also solves the phenomenon of sliding and sinking of vehicles and goods, facilitating the evacuation of vehicles and factories, and adapting to different grounds by various connection methods. And weather conditions and various temporary roads, designed according to the contour of the road surface, solve the problem of road muddy and tilting.

Comparison of steel plate and ultra-high polymer paving slab: 

Most of the traditional structural materials use cement, steel, etc., providing a solid material guarantee for the urbanization process and large-scale infrastructure construction.
However, cement, steel, etc. are all produced from non-renewable resources, and their production process consumes a lot of energy and pollution.
The production of traditional structural materials has brought serious environmental pollution, lack of energy and resources, and has restricted the sustainable development of the national economy. High-strength composite pavement slabs have higher specific strength and specific stiffness, and are more designable. Other materials are incomparable characteristics, adapt to the development trend of light weight, high strength, anti-fatigue, corrosion resistance, stealth, etc., belonging to the category of green and high-performance structural materials, which is conducive to energy saving and emission reduction.

Why can HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)or UHMWPE(Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) ground mats for temporary roads be used instead of steel plates?

Because it has a lot of superior performance:

1, Weight:

Steel Plate Density 7.85 G / CM3, ultra-high  polymer  polyethylene  density  1.00  G  /  CM3,  ultra-high  polymer  polyethylene paving board is one seventh of the weight of steel plate, greatly reducing the workload during handling;

2, Safety:

The four corners of the steel plate in the process of work is very easy to tilt, easy to hurt people; the four corners of the ultra-high molecular polyethylene paving mat plate can be firmly attached to the ground will not tilt, and the plate itself has resilience,  the  plate  can  be  reduced  after  being  bent  and  left  for  a  period  of  time.  

3.Performance:

Extremely high wear resistance, due to its unique molecular structure, wear resistance than ordinary metal plastic products, carbon steel 6.6 times, stainless steel 5.5 times, brass 27.3 times, NYLON 6 TIMES

4. Environmental protection:

The production of steel plate materials has brought about serious environmental pollution, energy and resource shortage,  and  restricted  the  sustainable  development  of  the  National  Economy  The Composite Paving board belongs to the category of green and high-performance structural materials,  which  accords  with  the  basic  national  policy  of  energy  saving  and  emission reduction.

The surface design of the PE polyethylene composite ground protection mat produced by Kiridor has raised anti-skid pattern, which solves the problem of sliding and sinking of vehicles and goods. As a temporary ground access mats, avoid damage to the lawn or road, effectively improve work efficiency and reduce the impact of on-site construction. It can be placed under the wheels in sand, muddy swamps and snow, which can increase the friction.

Application of PE Composite ground protection mats:

1.Military applications:

It can be used for the rapid establishment of military positions, temporary channels, sites, heliports and the rapid repair of all kinds of damaged sites, to meet the requirements of rapid mobility of combat and Logistics Support

2. Disaster relief:

In the case of disaster relief, roads and venues can be quickly opened to facilitate the rapid transfer of materials and personnel and win valuable rescue time. It can also be used as a work platform for medical ambulances, heavy machinery, tents, etc.

3.  Oil,  natural  gas  and  coal  mine projects

Assembled into construction sites and temporary roads for oil, natural gas and coal mine projects, which can greatly reduce initial project construction costs and improve operational efficiency. Large-scale infrastructure construction: It can be used for large-scale infrastructure construction to set up temporary roads and build working platforms.

4. Public utilities and power industry

When it is necessary to replace the transformer, upgrade the transmission line, and erect the transmission tower or utility pole, the backing plate can provide temporary working platform and site access, and the construction cost can be greatly reduced without damaging the natural site environment.

5. It can also be used in deserts, beaches and other places where the road conditions are bad.

PE ground protection mat is a kind of thermoplastic engineering plastic, with good wear resistance, environmental protection, anti-static,  buffer,  high  wear  resistance,  moisture  resistance,  corrosion  resistance,  easy processing,  shock  absorption,  no  noise,  economy,  no  deformation,  impact  resistance, self-lubrication, so it is very suitable for desert, marsh and other bad places to do paving board, to protect vehicles on the ground driving safety, recyclable, cost-saving, light weight, easy to carry!

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)  industrial heavy duty mat is mainly used in transportation, construction and chemical industry. It can be used under the wheels in sand, mud, marsh and snow to increase the friction and replace the steel board.

This  is  why  polyethylene ground protection mat are  more  popular  than  steel. Because polyethylene road mats have advantages that steel mats do not have, and better protect the road surface and personnel safety. Therefore, it is widely used in short-term and long-term project construction sites to solve the problem of vehicles and goods sliding and sinking, to facilitate the evacuation of vehicles and factories to move, and to make use of various connecting methods To adapt to different ground and weather conditions and all kinds of temporary road surface, follow the outline of the road surface design size, solve the problem of muddy road and tilt.

Which mat is better for temporary road protection matting systems?

New Engineering composite ground mat is worth to try!

HDPE or UHMW-PEmats are ideal for building a temporary road, path, or platform. In addition, they make work easier by stabilizing soft or unsteady ground while the diamond pattern provides extra traction for vehicles and workers. Ultimately, they save you time, headaches, and money.

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