1.5 Reinforced Glass Beads for Road Markings:  Effectively Prevent Surface Damage and Retro-reflection Decay

Road markings are one of the basic highly effective safety features on majority of pave roads. Usually, these special types of industrial maintenance coatings are considered systems comprising a base (paint) layer and a retro-reflective layer, and only their cooperation furnishes the functional road markings. Always, the retro-reflective layer is consisted by glass beads that are partially embedded in it. Glass beads protect the base layer from abrasion and simultaneously provide retro-reflectivity, which can be perceived by drivers at night when other visual cues are limited. For road safety, retro-reflectivity is critical because the number and severity of accidents that occur in darkness is disproportionally higher as compared to daytime, despite much lower traffic loads.

According to official abrasive tests, different types of glass beads used for road markings were demonstrated to have unequal resistance to abrasion. This outcome also serves as a confirmation that resistant to abrasion was calculated to be the most sustainable choice, given the same paint layer. For the greatest benefits to society and businesses, necessary is co-operation between road administrators, manufacturers of glass beads and paints, and contractors, combined with understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the technology. It must never be forgotten that the ultimate goal of the installation and maintenance of road markings is to increase road safety; to achieve this, high quality road markings should be demanded.

That’s why we highly recommend our special product--ND1.5 Reinforced Glass Beads. The features are as follows:

• Transparent glass beads；
• Specially designed glass system;
• Resistant to acid, alkali and salt corrosion;
• The softening point is more than 950℃, and the wear resistance is 2 times than traditional glass beads;
• Wide size range from 10 to 2000um;
• Excellent retro-reflective performance, remarkable anti-decay performance;
• Reasonable chemical composition and no heavy metal contents;
• Apply to long life time road marking or whole life cycle road marking.

As shown in the picture above，you can clearly see the application of 1.5 reinforced glass beads on the road marking changes in ten years, so that its anti-corrosion performance, resistant to abrasion is self-evident.

As a leading manufacturer of traffic safety materials with more than 30 years’ experience, Tory focuses on research& development& production of innovative traffic safety materials. We are dedicated to renovating our technology and keeping quality high. Tory is glad to offer help if you need any traffic safety materials. And all products can be customized according to customer requirements. 

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