Application
Fixed permanent long reflective durable traffic signs,
temporary traffic control devices, rigid work zone devices,
barricade, delineators, vehicle reflective bumper tape,
hazard obstacle warning marker, traffic calming schemes and
other types of safety devices requiring high visibility,
legibility and durability.
Imaging
YillumaxTM
Gem Grade Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting GP1950 Series
may be processed into traffic signs by any of the imaging
methods described below. Customers should test each
application before mass production.
1- Screen Processing
2- Ink Jet Printing
3- Electronic Cuttable Overlay Film
4- Applied Cut-Out Copy
Cutting
YillumaxTM
Gem Grade Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting GP1950 Series
may be cut into letters and shapes of at least 3 inches in
height and stroke widths of at least 1/2 inch. Smaller
sizes are not recommended. Sealing cut edges of
YillumaxTM
Reflective Material Gem Grade Micro Prismatic Reflective
Sheeting GP1950 Series is NOT required.
Plotter Cutting
Programmable knife cut (electronic cutting)
1. Flatbed plotters can either die cut or kiss cut and
offer the most consistent reliable performance.
2. Friction Fed plotter. Kiss cut only. Success has been
achieved using plotters that have 600 grams of down force
and a 60° cutting blade. Additional drive wheels may need
to be added to improve tracking. An alternative procedure
is to cut sheeting from the liner side. Blade force and
knife depth must be set to score but not cut through the
top film. Break apart individual copy or apply premask to
retain spacing.
3. Other Cutting Methods
YillumaxTM
Reflective Material Gem Grade Micro Prismatic Reflective
Sheeting GP1950 Series may be hand cut or die cut one sheet
at a time, and band sawed or guillotined in stacks. Cutting
equipment such as guillotines and metal shears, which have
pressure plates on the sheeting when cutting, may damage
the optics. Padding the pressure plate and easing it down
onto the sheets being cut will significantly reduce damage.
Maximum stack height for cutting reflective sheeting is 1 ½
inch or 50 sheets.