Composite Transit Flooring

Haysite Reinforced Plastics has recently introduced its new grade Dura-Core 1000™. The new compression molded composite panel combines high strength fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) laminate skins with a lightweight thermoplastic foam core material. The panel exhibits excellent flame, smoke and toxicity properties (FST). Engineered for use as a floor material in light transit rail car interiors and multi-wheeled vehicle applications, the unique resin system meets stringent transit industry specifications for FST and is halogen free.

In addition to these best-practice safety standards, Dura-Core 1000’s mechanical properties deliver significant energy efficiencies via its lightweight core and additional cost-efficiency’s realized via Haysite’s proprietary, onestep compression molding process versus other methods such as vacuum infusion.

In addressing the transit industry’s critical concern of flame/smoke generation and smoke toxicity, Dura-Core 1000 has been tested using ASTM methods and provided excellent results.

The material is fully compression molded in a ‘sandwich’ core construction to ensure against any separation/delamination failure. The composite system’s physical properties also offer excellent corrosion and chemical resistance; providing very low moisture absorption and excellent resistance to a variety of harsh weather environments.

Haysite implements a unique molding process that saves time in production as all processing elements are completed in a one-step proprietary method. This also provides the flexibility to manipulate the composite if necessary for intricate custom applications. This is essential to rail car designers providing them with the ability to strengthen the composite sheet in specific areas to meet higher design and mechanical requirements.

Haysite is also exploring processing options that will incorporate decorative, durable and skid-resistant finishes that can be incorporated on the panels to provide rail car designers with an entirely finished floor solution. The material is available in standard sheet sizes of 36” x 72”, 48” x 60”, 48” x 96”, top/bottom rigid layers are .093– .125” thick, thickness of .500” to 2.00” total thickness, custom sheet sizes are available to meet all applications.

For more information, contact Anthony Lignetta, Haysite Reinforced Plastics, 5599 New Perry Highway, Erie, PA 16509, 814-868-3691, Fax: 814.864.7803, Email: alignetta@haysite.com, Web: www.haysite.com.