Baultar
Advanced Flooring Systems for Trains
- This article first appeared in the Railway-News magazine Issue 3 2022.
Baultar is a Canadian company that creates and manufactures innovative products for the transportation industry (railway freight, railway public transit, buses, infrastructure). Baultar’s flooring division offers an advanced flooring system called Abrastop™. The Abrastop™ family of composite products, specifically designed for the transportation industry, ranges from floor coverings to complete flooring systems. It integrates many different options that can be tailormade according to the technical and design needs of clients. These flooring solutions have two main objectives: to offer superb durability that reduces maintenance requirements and life-cycle costs, and to simplify product procurement and vehicle manufacturing by offering an all-in-one solution that integrates functions seamlessly, maximising the value for the client.
Flooring Options
Heating: The advantages of an Abrastop™ foam radiant heated floor include: uniform temperature distribution throughout the whole vehicle, superior comfort, thermic inertia that keeps passengers warm even when doors open, elimination of the discomfort caused by drafts from forced-air systems, and energy savings.
Logos: Logos of any kind or colour, integrated logos are manufactured using the same materials as the flooring panels. Sizes and shapes can also be adjusted for any type of request.
