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The EMSEAL DSM SYSTEM for ice-floor perimeter expansion joint sealing.

 

TESTIMONIAL: EMSEAL's approach to ice-floor joint sealing keeps facility manager happy since 1995. (click image to enlarge) Greensboro Coliseum Ice-Floor, Greensboro, North Carolina.  Perimeter joint around ice-floor sealed with DSM SYSTEM predecessor 20H SYSTEM since 1995.  The joint handles rapid cycling caused by ice making/removal as well as from concert staging and the rigors of up to 3-ft of dirt for rodeo and vehicle shows. Contact EMSEAL for review of ice-floor applications and assistance in joint-gap sizing and product selection. (click image to enlarge) Click Here for a .pdf of this testimonial. Other Selected Ice-Floor References: RBC Center, Raleigh, NC Tampa Ice Palace, Tampa, FL Sioux Falls Ice Arena, Sioux Falls, SD Ice Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Ice rink, ice-floor perimeter joints pose a unique sealing challenge.  EMSEAL has for more than 20-years consistently met this challenge through the use of its precompressed, impregnated foam and foam-silicone hybrids.

The latest evolution of this expansion joint sealant technology is EMSEAL's DSM SYSTEM.  The DSM SYSTEM supersedes the capabilities of its predecessors, 20H SYSTEM and DSH SYSTEM and continues the legacy of success in ice-rink joint sealing.

Concrete ice floor slabs, whether anchored at one end to protect brine tubes, or free to move from their midpoints, generate movements at perimeter expansion joints that are unique in construction applications. 

Movements at the ends of the ice floor are perpendicular to the joint and therefore induce normal tension and compression stresses on the joint sealant.  At the curved corners, however, oblique movements are induced, while on the long sides of the ice floor the movement is parallel to the joint resulting in shear stresses.

The joint system must be pliant enough to accommodate these multiple movements and at the same time be tough enough to withstand ice pressure, and the activities associated with melting and breaking up the ice from time to time.

In mixed-use facilities, the joint system must accommodate the frequent change over from ice, to concrete, to staging, to three-feet of dirt, and back again sometimes all in the same week.

EMSEAL's materials have proved a unrivaled combination of toughness and ability to accommodate movement while ensuring watertightness in this application.

As with any project, success begins with pairing material technologies with good design and proper installation.  Contact us now for a discussion about the conditions on your ice-floor.

Click this link for more product information on the DSM SYSTEM.

• TECH DATA (pdf)
• INSTALL  DATA (pdf)
• DSM SYSTEM GuideSpec (.htm)
• GuideSpec (.doc)
• DSM CAD (dwg & pdf)
• Request a DSM SYSTEM sample

• Link to Parking Deck Joint Selection Guide
• Link to Watertight Stadium Joint Selection Guide
   
• DSM SYSTEM Project Profile (University of Massachusetts Medical Center)

• General Contractor Expansion Joint Responsibilities Division 3 Addendum (.doc)

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