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Advantages of Milliken Carpet Tile

Cushion Backing

Comfort Plus® & Underscore™ are Milliken’s latest generation cushion backing systems and are standard on Milliken
modular carpet products. In addition to providing superior underfoot comfort and significantly improving the carpet’s wear
performance, these cushion backings also offer ergonomic, acoustic, and environmental benefits.
Milliken cushion backing protects the carpet face from wear and can extend the carpet’s life by up to 40%. Acting like an
insulating shock absorber, Milliken cushion backings protect against wear, improve appearance retention and enhance
comfort and safety. Cushion backing also helps Milliken carpets earn test ratings of Heavy and Severe in the TARR
system.

Milliken cushion-backed carpet tiles are unmatched in moisture management. They stop liquids at the surface and wick
moisture away from the sub-floor thereby reducing conditions for mold and mildew growth. By allowing high levels of
moisture to be transported through the tile, Milliken modular tiles can handle water vapor emissions up to 85% relative
humidity. This unique feature eliminates one less worry about carpet in a high-humidity environment.

Cushion Improves Acoustics
Much emphasis is placed on the need to reduce unwanted noise in corporate and public spaces. Reducing noise levels
can improve comfort, well-being, the ability to concentrate and yield higher performance and productivity. Milliken
cushion-backed tiles achieve an improvement in sound absorption performance by absorbing sounds across a wide range
of frequencies including those most associated with human speech. Milliken’s cushioned carpet tiles absorb up to 50%
more noise than hard-backed carpets and up to 12X more than hard surface and rubber flooring. Better yet, the new LEED
v4 rewards designers for providing spaces that facilitate better communications by offering up to 2 LEED points. Clearly,
acoustics matter.

Acoustical Values -NRC Values (Noise Reduction Co-efficient)

Bare Concrete Floor 0.015
Carpet Tile with Comfort Plus or Underscore backing (24oz) 0.250

0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25

Hard Surface

Hard backed Carpet Tile

Other Cushion Backed Carpet Tile
* Milliken Cusion Backed Products (Comfort Plus)
absorbs 50% more noise than other Hard Backed
Milliken Cushion Backed Carpet Tile Products.

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