Meat & Poultry · Beef & Pork Harvest
Beef & Pork Kill Floors That Take the Weight and the Washdown
A red-meat kill floor combines heavy carcasses on the rail, blood, hide and hair, scald tanks and singers, saws, and a hot washdown every night. Floors in the stunning area and on ramps also need secure footing for livestock under FSIS humane handling rules. PumaCRETE urethane concrete flooring gives each zone the texture, thickness and chemical resistance it needs, in one seamless system.
3/8 in
Thermal-zone thickness
>160 in-lb
Impact resistance
248°F
Maximum service temperature
5-yr
Written warranty
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What a kill floor does to a floor
Blood, fat and organic acids
Pools of blood and fat break down epoxy and soak into concrete. Urethane concrete resists animal fats, blood and the organic acids that form as they decompose.
Heavy impact
Dropped hooks, trolleys, knives and saw parts land on the floor every shift. The troweled system resists impact above 160 in-lb (ASTM D2794).
Hog scalding and singeing
Scald tanks, dehairers and singers put hot water, steam and heat on the floor. PumaCRETE is rated for service up to 248°F and resists thermal shock.
Footing for livestock
Stunning areas, ramps and driveways need floors that keep animals from slipping, which is also a humane handling requirement. Aggressive aggregate texture is specified for those zones.
Hot washdown and caustic cleaners
Nightly sanitation uses hot water and caustic chemicals that attack cement and coatings. PumaCRETE is designed for that exposure every day.
Carcass cooler condensation
Hot boxes and carcass coolers stay cold and wet. The system cures and performs in cold rooms down to 35°F.
Recommended system by zone
One urethane concrete system, configured for the room you’re standing in. Thickness, texture and cove are set zone by zone. Add 1/8 in for integral cove.
| Zone | Recommended system | Key exposures |
|---|---|---|
| Stunning area, knock box and ramps | 401-HF, 3/8 in, coarse slip-grade | Livestock footing, manure, washdown |
| Sticking and bleed | 401-HF, 3/8 in + cove | Blood, hot washdown |
| Hide-off and head removal | 401-HF, 1/4 in, slip-grade | Hide, hair, fat, foot traffic |
| Scalding, dehairing and singeing (pork) | 401-HF, 3/8 in (thermal) + cove | Hot water, steam, heat |
| Evisceration and splitting | 401-HF, 1/4 in, slip-grade | Fat, offal, saw debris, impact |
| Carcass wash and hot box | 401-HF, 1/4 in + cove (cold cure) | Antimicrobial sprays, cold condensation |
Installing around kill days
Zones done on down days
The kill floor is phased in sections over planned down days so harvest stays on schedule.
Plinths and rail supports detailed
The topping is coved up stands and platforms so there’s no seam at the base for blood and fat to get into.
Cold cure in the hot box
In carcass coolers, PumaCRETE cures down to 35°F, so the cooler doesn’t need to be warmed up or shut down for long.
Sanitation and humane handling
- Meets 9 CFR Part 416 sanitation performance standards
- Textured for the good footing required in livestock pens, ramps and driveways under 9 CFR Part 313
- Seamless surface supports HACCP and Sanitation SOPs
- Aligned with SQF, BRC, IFS and FSSC 22000 audit expectations
Performance data
| Property | PumaCRETE 401-HF |
|---|---|
| Compressive strength | 9,500 psi (ASTM C579) |
| Tensile strength | 1,450 psi (ASTM C307) |
| Flexural strength | 3,200 psi (ASTM C580) |
| Bond to concrete | Exceeds substrate (ASTM D7234) |
| Abrasion resistance | 0.06 g loss (ASTM C501) |
| Impact resistance | >160 in-lb (ASTM D2794) |
| Service temperature | -40°F to 248°F |
| Thermal shock | Pass, boiling-to-ambient cycles |
| Wet coefficient of friction | 0.6–0.9 (tunable) |
| Vapor pressure tolerance | Up to 25 lbs through the slab |
| Minimum install temperature | 35°F (operating coolers) |
| Standard thickness | 1/4 in (3/8 in in thermal zones) |
Standard 1/4-inch PumaCRETE 401-HF system. Full test data is on the technical data sheets.
Three ways to buy, direct from the manufacturer
Every system on this page is made by PumaCRETE and sold direct, with no distributor markup.
Buy the materials
Urethane concrete, primers, topcoats and cove kits shipped direct from the manufacturer to your plant. No distributor markup.
Buy it installed
Turnkey installation by factory-trained crews, with material and workmanship warranties from a single source.
Train your own crew
A factory-employed PumaCRETE trainer certifies your maintenance team or local contractor on your slab: prep, mixing, troweling, cove and testing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Beef & Pork Harvest FAQ's
Stunning areas, ramps and driveways get a coarse aggregate broadcast for secure footing. FSIS humane handling rules require floors in those areas to give livestock good footing.
Yes. The system resists impact above 160 in-lb and has 9,500 psi compressive strength, so it doesn't chip the way thin epoxy does.
Yes. PumaCRETE cures at temperatures down to 35°F, so it can be placed in operating coolers. The optimal install range is 40–50°F.
Most zones return to production about 24 hours after the final coat. We phase the work so the whole floor isn't down at once.
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