
Ensuring winter road safety with road signage stakes
Road signage stakes are essential and mandatory elements to ensure safety and signage, especially in winter on secondary and mountain roads. This signage must even comply with certain mandatory standards.
At ABI Profils, we use high-quality materials to manufacture our road signage stakes. These materials offer numerous advantages. Let’s explore them together.
Our expertise in extrusion and co-/tri-/post-extrusion plastic allows us to meet the varied needs of many industrial sectors. Do you need road signage stakes? Contact us directly via the contact form or by phone at 0033 4 71 61 29 99. Let’s first focus on the essentials. What are the advantages of road signage stakes, and how do they ensure good winter safety on the roads?
Robustness and Durability
To begin with, let’s talk about the robustness of the material. The road signage stakes manufactured by ABI Profils use materials such as Anti-Shock and Anti-UV Crystal PVC and PEHD. These materials are highly robust. They can withstand harsh climatic conditions, such as extreme temperatures, snow, and impacts. This robustness prevents the stakes from cracking and extends their lifespan.
Our road signage stakes are designed to last several seasons without losing effectiveness.
High Visibility
Secondly, another advantage is good visibility. This is particularly true in difficult weather conditions like snow or fog. ABI Profils’ road signage stakes are equipped with retroreflective materials that comply with the NF P 98-402 standard. We will later go into detail about this standard.
As a result, our markers remain visible both day and night. This therefore enhances user safety.
Eco-responsibility
Moreover, environmental protection is important to ABI Profils. We are committed to an eco-responsible approach. Our road signage stakes are made from recyclable materials, such as PEHD ECO 2R (Reinforced – Recycled).
Choosing our road signage stakes also means adopting a more sustainable and environmentally friendly solution.
Ease of Installation
The installation of road signage stakes must be quick and efficient, especially in harsh climatic conditions where the installation can be challenging. The PVC and PEHD stakes are designed with a beveled end, making installation easier and faster.
This feature is particularly useful for field teams, who often need to work efficiently and quickly.
Compliance with Standards
To ensure product quality and safety, it is mandatory that they comply with current standards. Our road signage stakes comply with the NF P 98-405 and NF P 98-402 standards.
The NF P 98-405 standard concerns road safety barriers and guardrails for bridges and civil engineering structures. It defines the requirements for the design, manufacture, assembly, and installation of these devices. These guardrails are used to ensure safety on bridges, footbridges, retaining walls, and other elevated structures. By complying with this standard, the products ensure sufficient robustness and resistance to traffic conditions and weather elements. This includes strict requirements for material composition, manufacturing methods, and durability and performance testing.
For our road signage stakes, this standard ensures that they are designed and manufactured to withstand impacts and severe climatic conditions. Thus, our stakes are robust and durable, guaranteeing maximum safety on the roads.
As for the NF P 98-402 standard, it concerns road signage devices using retroreflective materials. This standard certifies that the reflective bands ensure good visibility both day and night, even in bad weather. It specifies performance criteria for retroreflective materials to validate that the signage is effective in all weather conditions.
By complying with this standard, ABI Profils’ signage stakes maintain high visibility and contribute to road safety by making them easily visible to road users.
Customization
Of course, every project has its specificities and needs. At ABI Profils, we offer customization options for our road signage stakes. Here are the different customization options:
- Specific dimensions
- Particular colours
- Class II reflective bands
- Anti-freeze caps
- Conical or helical tips
We adapt our products to your requirements.
Quality Production
The quality of production is important to deliver high-performance and durable products. At ABI Profils, we use cutting-edge technology to manufacture our road signage stakes.
Indeed, our machine park includes single and twin-screw extrusion lines. This allows for flexible production tailored to each request. Our extrusion, co-extrusion, and tri-extrusion processes ensure that you receive superior quality products.
To Conclude
Our road signage stakes are a reliable and durable solution, perfect for road signage during the winter period. Their robustness, quality, high visibility, environmental friendliness, ease of installation, and various customization options ensure the safety of users in demanding conditions. At ABI Profils, we rely on over 40 years of expertise. We offer products that meet the strictest standards and are tailored to each specific need.
To discuss your project and find the best solution, don’t hesitate to contact us. You can reach us via the contact form or by phone at 0033 4 71 61 29 99. At ABI Profils, every project is unique. Our commitment is to provide tailor-made solutions with impeccable quality control.
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