GLASS-REINFORCED PE SERVES IN TRAFFIC SIGNS

A SERIES OF EXTRUDED GLASS-REINFORCED LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE POLES, FOR USE AS SIDE POSTS, DELINEATORS, WARNING POSTS, BARRICADES, AND SNOW MARKERS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO. LTD., OSAKA, JAPAN. THE POLES, WHICH RANGE IN DIAMETER FROM 32 MM. /1 1/4-IN./ TO 89 MM. /3 IN./ IN THE ROUND TYPE, ARE QUOTED IN LENGTHS UP TO 1400 MM. /55 IN./. THE UNITS ARE PAINTED, OR EXTRUDED IN BLACK MATERIAL, AND YELLOW OR RED MARKINGS ARE ADDED BY AN ADHESIVE TAPE THAT IS, LIKE THE POLES THEMSELVES, SAID TO WEATHER EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE AND TO SURVIVE IMPACT OF MOVING VEHICLES, FLYING STONES, ETC., WITHOUT FAILURE. /MP/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 44, No 5, P 274
• Publication Date: 1967-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Modern Plastics
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ethylene resins; Extrusion; Glass; Road markings; Shock resistance; Support poles; Warning signs; Weathering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Impact strength; Polyethylene
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216135
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 12 1994 12:00AM