PVC BARRICADES REPLACE STEEL DRUMS

A NUMBER OF BRITISH COMMUNITIES ARE SWITCHING TO PVC STANCHIONS AND PLANKING FOR BARRICADES USED BY ROAD REPAIR CREWS. THE PLANKING AND THE 3-FT.- HIGH STANCHIONS ARE MADE BY LINDVALE PLASTICS LTD., COATBRIDGE, LANARKSHIRE, AND REPLACE STEEL DRUMS AND WOODEN PLANKING. ACCORDING TO THE FIRM, THE PVC STANCHIONS WEIGH 23 LB. AND REPRESENT A MAJOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT. THEY ARE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN STEEL, AND , SHOULD A VEHICLE COLLIDE WITH ONE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY TO THE DRIVER AND WORKMEN BEYOND THE BARRICADE IS CONSIDERABLY LESSENED. THE CONICAL STANCHIONS, ROTATIONALLY MOLDED FROM A PLASTISOL BASED ON BRITISH GEON'S BREON PVC AND MANUFACTURED BY P. W. HALL LTD., GLASGOW, TAPER FROM 20 IN. AT THE BASE TO 6 IN. AT THE APEX. EACH HAS FOUR INSERTS TO RECEIVE THE PLANKING. WHEN MORE PERMANENT FIXING IS NEEDED, THE PLANKING CAN BE BOLTED TO THE STANCHION. THE PLANKING IS EXTRUDED PVC, PRODUCED IN 4-1/2 AND 8 IN. WIDTHS, AND IS MARKETED BY FULBORA LTD., HATFIELD. /ARTICLE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 45, No 5, P 58, 1 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1968-1

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barricades; Extrusion; Flexibility; Polyvinyl acetate; Polyvinyl chloride; Safety; Weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Polyvinyl acetal resins; Repair zone
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216712
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 12 1994 12:00AM