Mohawk has worked for years in conjunction with its technical partner Niaga, a division of European-based DSM. The zero means zero smell, zero knee kicker, zero power stretcher, zero tack strip, zero secondary pad.” Lape explains, “Air because of the air quality. The name Air.O stems from what the product is and what it isn’t. There is no “new carpet smell” and Mohawk Airo has carpet fresh treatment. Air.o’s fibers don’t absorb moisture, which helps prevent the growth of allergens and microbes. The product is also hydrophobic, which means moisture is not an issue. The process Mohawk pioneered that marries the face fiber, primary backing and cushion is unique, and it contributes to the dimensional stability, which eliminates wrinkling and delamination. Mohawk believes the installation is much simpler and faster-at least 25% to 50% faster, according to Lape. It seams simply with double- sided tape, no seaming iron necessary. It also won’t scratch walls and baseboards.Īnd because Airo isn’t manufactured with extreme tension, it requires no tack strip to install as well as no power stretching or knee kicking. Because Airo is not constructed with traditional primary and secondary carpet backing joined with latex and fillers, it has a softness and flexibility that makes it easier and faster to install. Making it a great environmentally friendly and This forms a powerful bond for this dimensionally stable product. Unlike traditional broadloom which is manufactured under tension, Airo’s face and primary backing are chemically welded to the cushion (no tension). Mohawk Airo is a tufted textile face and primary backing fusion bonded to an attached nonwoven cushion. “We literally wanted to think differently about carpet.” American Carpet Wholesalers is proud toĬarry Mohawk Airo, a new concept in flooring. Essentially we have a face fiber, a primary backing, a latex binder and a secondary backing,” Lape said. “Tufted carpet has been made exactly the same way for the past 50 years. This new technology is called Airo and to make the point, Mohawk doesn’t even call it carpet, but a unified soft floorcovering (USF), according to Tom Lape, president of Mohawk Residential. Mohawk Airo is a new product in soft flooring that not only breaks the ideas of traditional manufacturing methodology but, more importantly, offers you, our customer, new features and benefits.
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