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A\nnon-conductive walking surface removes a failure mode that steel and\naluminum grating both have to engineer around. Quality FRP grating\ntested to ASTM D149 routinely achieves dielectric strength above 10\nkV — well beyond what a maintenance event could ever fault to.",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":44,"children":45},{},[46,51],{"type":19,"tag":36,"props":47,"children":48},{},[49],{"type":24,"value":50},"Weight.",{"type":24,"value":52}," Raised floor systems are designed to a panel load, not a\nfloor load. Pultruded FRP at 38 mm thickness typically weighs around\n12 kg\u002Fm² — roughly a third of an equivalent galvanized steel panel and\na quarter of cast iron. 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Where the asset owner also wants low-smoke and\nzero-halogen performance — increasingly common in Tier III and IV\nfacilities — phenolic resin is the upgrade. Vinyl ester adds chemical\nresistance against the lead-acid battery rooms and is the typical\nchoice there.",{"type":19,"tag":26,"props":131,"children":133},{"id":132},"where-it-doesnt-fit",[134],{"type":24,"value":135},"Where it doesn't fit",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":137,"children":138},{},[139],{"type":24,"value":140},"FRP grating is not a replacement for the anti-static raised-floor\npanels that support server cabinets — those need a continuous surface\nfor airflow management and grounding. 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