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News Release from: RTP Company | Subject: Photoluminescent sheet
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 15 September 2004
Sheets meet or exceed safety and egress
standards
Photoluminescent sheets, which meet or exceed common safety and egress standards, glow-in-the-dark and are available in roll stock or cut to length.
RTP Company has introduced a line of photoluminescent sheet products that meet or exceed common photoluminescent safety and egress standards The line consists of glow-in-the-dark standard products that are available in roll stock or cut to length
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 17 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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They include a rigid polycarbonate sheet with white backing, and a flexible product for egress tape that is suitable for use as an exit sign sheet.
The egress tape is flexible, durable, resistant to cleaning chemicals, and tear resistant.
"Our product line was specifically designed for the safety and egress markets", said Bill Minogue, General Manager of the company's sheet division.
"We are on the leading edge of glow-in-the-dark technology and these products glow with an intensity and duration unlike any other material".
The clear top coat protects against abrasion to reduce scratching and scuffing.
This protective film is also resistant to water, oil, acid and alkaline materials.
The sheet products are easily printed on with water or solvent based inks using flexography, offset lithography, screen printing and UV curable ink printing.
They can be laser marked with no pre-treatment.
Because the sheets are not PVC, the plasticisers will not migrate to the surface interfering with adhesion of printing inks or adhesives that are applied to signs or wall surfaces.
Nor will they have shrinkage problems and odour, or out gassing, that are associated with PVC products.
"We believe that the extrusion technology has provided the market place with major product advancement, compared to the current cast, liquid resin systems", said Minogue.
"Our extruded sheet process evenly distributes the phosphorescent pigment particles, which results in a brighter and longer glowing product".
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