Swareflex - products with glass reflectives
Swareflex
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SWAREFLEX glass reflectors apply the principle of retroreflection: light is reflected back towards the light source by the biconvex GLASS REFLECTIVES – irrespective of the direction from which it arrives at the glass element.
This ensures that the path of the road remains clear, even in darkness or poor visibility, and the driver is safely guided, ensuring that he has plenty of time to steer or brake to avoid an accident.
Reflectors are subjected to enormous physical and chemical stresses on the roads. They need to be highly resistant to pressure and impacts, as well as environmental influences such as abrasion, salt solutions, UV radiation and aggressive exhaust gases. Thanks to its visual, chemical and mechanical properties, glass meets the requirements for use in these harsh conditions better than other materials.
SWAREFLEX glass reflectors contain high quality, extremely robust and durable GLASS REFLECTIVES – glass elements made of Swarovski technical glass.
GLASS REFLECTIVES have a precisely calculated shape to provide optimum reflective performance. The back has a highly reflective silver mirror layer and several special protective coatings.
INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
GLASS REFLECTIVES are mounted in special plastics to suit their intended use. The angle at which the GLASS REFLECTIVES are mounted is determined by the tilt of the carrier to ensure the best possible reflection, even over large distances.
The ideal combination of materials guarantees excellent resistance to mechanical, climatic and chemical influences and has developed a superb track record in outdoor applications.
SWAREFLEX glass reflectors do not require an external energy supply and are inexpensive to install and run.
In addition to its standard range, SWAREFLEX can also offer individual, bespoke reflector product solutions. Depending on the desired function, the use and size of reflector bodies, the number of GLASS REFLECTIVES and specific colour combinations of glass, insert and body can be calculated and combined.
These are used in a wide variety of areas and especially where reflective surfaces are subject to severe influences, such as in parking divider and guidance systems, speed bumps or road marking studs.
COMPARATIVE TESTS
As part of a road marking stud, reflectors are subjected to great stresses. The requirements are defined in the EN 1463 standards and other places. In order to satisfy the requirements for current reflector materials, a distinction can be drawn between these three types of road marking studs:
- Glass reflectors (Type 1)
- Plastic reflectors (Type 2)
- Plastic reflectors with abrasion-resistant protective coating (Type 3)
In various comparative assessments, all three types of reflectors were tested for their resistance to:
- salt
- sulphur dioxide gas (Kesternich test)
- UV radiation (Arizona sun test)
- air humidity (climate test)
- abrasion
SWAREFLEX glass reflectors were the only type of reflector to consistently achieve good scores in all five stress tests.
