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What is DOT C2 Reflective Tape ? – Specifications Certification Definition

by Steven ColeTypes of Reflective Tape January 3, 2019September 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Red / White DOT C2 Reflective Truck Tape Specifications – (www.tapedealer.com) DOT Truck (Tractor Trailer) marking requirements were set up by the FMCSA to help improve visibility in low light conditions and reduce the probability of fatal motor vehicle crashes into the sides or back of stopped or parked trucks and tractor trailers at night …

Reflective Tape Overview

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 11, 2016January 21, 2024Comments are Disabled

Reflective Tape Overview – (www.tapedealer.com) Retro reflective tape is defined as a film that through the use of glass spheres or man made prisms, reflects light or radiation back to its source. Glass bead tapes reflect using microscopic glass beads that act as parabolas and direct light back to where it came from. Prismatic tapes …

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Performance Differences – Glass Bead Versus Prismatic Reflective Tape

by Steven ColeTypes of Reflective Tape January 11, 2016September 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Performance – Glass Bead Reflective Versus Prismatic Reflective – (www.tapedealer.com) Reflective tape reflects in one of two ways. Either through the use of microscopic glass beads or via man made prisms. Glass bead technology is the oldest and prismatic tapes are more recent. Note – prismatic reflective tapes were invented by Reflexite Americas in the …

How is Reflective Tape Made? Glass Bead and Micro-Prismatic

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 11, 2016January 22, 2024Comments are Disabled

How Glass Bead and Micro-Prismatic Reflective Tapes Are Made – www.tapedealer.com Reflective tape is made using machines that bond together multiple layers of material into one film. There are two main types of reflective tape, glass bead and micro-prismatic. They reflect in two different ways but are made in similar fashion with glass bead tape …

Reflective Versus Retro Reflective Tape – What is the Difference?

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 11, 2016January 21, 2024Comments are Disabled

The Difference Between Retro Reflective and Reflective – (www.tapedealer.com) The word “retro” is the key to understanding the difference between a reflective surface like a mirror, and a retro reflective surface like a bike or automobile reflector. Retro means to go back or backward. In the reflective tape industry it means to return light back …

History of Reflective Tape – Who Invented Retro Reflective Tape?

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 11, 2016January 22, 2024Comments are Disabled

Retro Reflective Tape History -(www.tapedealer.com) (Summary – 3m invented glass bead reflective tape in the 1930’s and Reflexite invented micro-prismatic reflective in the 1960’s.) Lets start with the basics. Reflectivity was not invented. It has always been present in nature. Light bouncing off of objects is why we are able to see those objects. Retro-Reflectivity …

Definition of Retro Reflective Tape

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 10, 2016January 21, 2024Comments are Disabled

Definition of Retro Reflective Tape – (www.tapedealer.com) By definition, retro reflective tape is a film that either through the use of glass spheres or man made prisms, reflects light or radiation back to its source. (Source – Cambridge English Dictionary) This seems like a simple task but in fact it is quite complicated. Just like …

Metalized Micro Prismatic versus Non Metalized Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting – Definition

by Steven ColeTypes of Reflective Tape January 8, 2016September 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Metalized Versus Air Backed Prismatic Retro Reflective Tape – (www.tapedealer.com) Metalized versus Non Metallized Micro Prismatic Reflective Tapes These two types of construction refer to prismatic retro reflective tapes. A prismatic tape uses man made prisms or mirror to reflect light back to the source. (This is different from glass bead tape which uses glass …

Enclosed Lens versus Encapsulated Lens Reflective Tape / Sheeting – Definition

by Steven ColeTypes of Reflective Tape January 8, 2016September 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Enclosed Lens versus Encapsulated Lens – Retro Reflective Sheeting (enclosed=engineer grade / encapsulated=high intensity) Reflective Sheeting comes in several types, colors, brightnesses, etc.. Some of the terminology that describes the different types of reflective sheeting can be confusing. This article is going to define the terms enclosed lens and encapsulated lens reflective sheeting. These terms have …

How to Reduce Rear End Collisions – Fleets and Utility Vehicles

by Steven ColeInformational Articles January 8, 2016September 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Reducing Rear End Collisions for Commercial and Utility Vehicle Fleets. (Click here to see our Reflective Rear Panel Products) In the US alone there are approximately 137,500 accidents that involve commercial vehicles. To bring this into perspective, every 16 minutes, one person is injured or killed in an accident involving a commercial vehicle. Approximately 50% …