Knauf Safeboard is an X-ray shielding plasterboard with a barium sulphate core. It effectively and significantly reduces the amount of lead needed within X-ray shielding partitions, in many cases removing the need for lead altogether.
Knauf Safeboard brings X-ray protection together with f ire and acoustic performance in one easy-to-install board. Knauf Safeboard is simple to install as it can be scored and snapped like a standard plasterboard. Knauf Safeboard Joint Filler is used to fill joints to complete the radiation shield.
The flexibility to redesign interior layouts and to build in changes of use to rooms is increasingly important when considering modern, future-adaptable healthcare projects. Knauf X-Ray Partitions can be inexpensively designed to suit mobile X-ray apparatus, and can be retro-fitted or removed far more easily than traditional lead-lined partitions.
KEY FACTS
- Suitable for providing radiation protection in X-ray diagnostics and low power X-ray therapy areas
- Fully tested by the Health Protection Agency
- Cost effective
- Lightweight, easy to cut, easy to install
- Ideal for radiation protection in hospitals, dental practices, veterinary surgeries, research establishments, manufacturing and industry
- 100% lead-free
- Speed of application
- No need for additional lead fillets between joints