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Desso AirMaster® Classic - Commercial Carpet Tile

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Tarkett Third party certifications:
  • EPD

    EPD

    Certificate type

  • Cradle to Cradle Certified

    Cradle to Cradle Certified

    Certificate type

A Class 33 Commercial Heavy Use, Cradle to Cradle Silver certified, tufted loop pile carpet tile with patented technology for improving indoor air quality, on Desso EcoBase backing.

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Application

Suitable for an office environment/ commercial areas.

Description

A tufted 1/10" gauge loop pile carpet tile, featuring a linear design effect, manufactured from BCF Polyamide 6 fibres and suitable for heavy use areas.


Features and benefits:


  • Manufactured from 100% Polyamide Aquafil Trilogy solution dyed fibres, on a Cradle to Cradle recyclable EcoBase polyolefin backing incorporating Glas Polyver, glass fibre reinforcement, and Polyscan® static control.
  • Unique dust capturing capability. GUI Gold+ certified.
  • Also available with Cradle to Cradle Certified Soundmaster® Thrive acoustic backing.
  • Adhesive Styccobond F41 surface tackifier, manufactured by Ball, F & Co Ltd., or other equal and approved.
  • Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified.
  • 100% Recyclable at Tarkett’s Carpet Tile Recycling Centre – collection via Tarkett ReStart.

General information

Color

-

Manufacturer guidance

Available in a range of colours, consult manufacturer for details.

Finish

Textured

Tufted

Material

Polyamide

Guidance for specification option:

Pile fibre.

Nylon

Shape

Square

Length

500 mm

Width

500 mm

Height

6 mm

Warranty description

Ten year

Uniclass

Pr_35_57_11_62 Pile carpet tilesPrimary

CAWS

M50/130 Carpet tiling

M50/15 Carpet tiling

Product range

Tiles / Carpet Tiles

Specification data - Pile carpet tiles

Style

Tufted loop pile.

Material

Nylon / Polyamide.

Classification

-

Standard

To BS EN 1307.

Third-party certification

ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.

Level of use class

To BS EN 1307, class 33.

Guidance for specification option:

Commercial: Heavy use.

Luxury rating class

LC1.

Manufacturer guidance

To EN 1307.

Recycled content

68.9% to ISO 2424.

Guidance for specification option:

  • 68.9% total recycled content.
  • 100% recycled yarn.
  • 75% recycled backing.

Size

500 x 500 mm.

Manufacturer guidance

To EN ISO 24342.

Colour and pattern

-

Manufacturer guidance

Available in a range of colours; consult manufacturer for details.

Dye method

Solution dyed.

Primary backing

Polyester fleece.

Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 2424.

Secondary backing

DESSO EcoBase®.

Guidance for specification option:

  • Polyolefin based backing.
  • Contains on average 75% C2C positively defined recycled content (varies per colour).


Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 2424.

Backing

SoundMaster Lite.

Guidance for specification option:

Optional with acoustic backing.

DESSO EcoBase®.

Guidance for specification option:

  • Optional with Cradle to Cradle recyclable polyolefin backing.
  • Achieves Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification with Ecobase® backing.


Not required.

Composition

BCF Polyamide 6 and ECONYL®.

Guidance for specification option:

ECONYL® is a yarn made from 100% regenerated content (varies per colour and product).

Manufacturer guidance

Pile fibre composition to ISO 2424.

Pile weight

650 g/m².

Manufacturer guidance

  • Total pile weight to ISO 2424.
  • Effective pile weight to ISO 8543 = 345 g/m².

Pile density

0.144 g/cm³.

Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 8543.

Number of tufts (to ISO 1763)

1580 /dm².

Impact sound reduction

ΔLw = 25 dB.

Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 10140.

Noise reduction coefficient

αw = 0.15.

Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 354.

Thermal resistance

0.069 m²K/W.

Manufacturer guidance

To ISO 8302.

Total thickness to ISO1765

6.0 mm.

Manufacturer guidance

Effective pile thickness to ISO 1766: 2.4 mm.

Personal charging (to ISO 6356)

≤2.0 kV.

Manufacturer guidance

Stroll test.

Total weight (to ISO 8543)

3850 g/m².

Static dissipative (to BS ISO 10965)

≤1 x 10⁹ Ω.

Manufacturer guidance

Vertical resistance.

Dimensional stability (to BS EN 986)

≤0.2%.

Sound absorbtion to ISO 354

αs = 0.00-0.37 (125-4000 Hz).

Reaction to fire (to EN 13501-1)

Bfl-s1.

Guidance for specification option:

Loose laid tested.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Manufacturer guidance

Cradle to Cradle Silver Certified.

Country of material origin

Netherlands

Country of product manufacture

Netherlands

Embodied carbon

A1-A3 (production stage) as defined in BS EN 15804

5.40 kg CO₂ eq/m²

Recyclability

100%

Guidance for specification option:

Via Tarkett ReStart.

Recycled content

As defined in clause 7.8 of BS EN ISO 14021

56.5 %

Guidance for specification option:

56.5% (average R/C between all colours).

Third party certifications

Third party certifications

EPD

EPD

EPD - DESSO AirMaster Classic

Cradle to Cradle Certified

Cradle to Cradle Certified

C2C Silver - Tarkett DESSO - PA6 SD Carpet Tiles - Nov 2025

Literature

Brochure - DESSO AirMaster

Brochure - DESSO AirMaster

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