PHOTO-LUMINOUS GLOW-IN-DARK NOSINGS

This product is a retro fit solution to stair nosing’s that are already installed. The photoluminescence (PL) strip is mounted on an aluminium substrate and comes at the length and width that is suitable for your application.

To get the correct fitting simply measure the width and length of the nosing that it is going under and relay these dimensions when an order is being placed.

To fit the photoluminescent plate under your existing nosing, firstly remove the nosing, mark and drill the holes in the plate that align with the fixing holes in the nosing and reattach the nosing back down using the same fixing points.

The PL strip is positioned at the rear of the nosing which easily identifies every step. This visual display indicates where further steps are thus lighting the way out of a area should an emergency situation arise.

TRACTION MATTING

This product has a vinyl backing and through a chemical process the aggregate is then fused to the mat by altering the plasticizers in the vinyl. This then gives the Traction Mat a very long-life span and its lightweight construction makes it ideal for many and varied applications.

The Mat can be manufactured to a wide variety of sizes and configurations and usually it can be coloured to your specific requirements.

A recent example of the effectiveness of this product was, the management of a major city mall had a slipping issue at the entrance to the mall which was made more dangerous when it rained or when the entrance became damp. The management was at a loss as to how to alleviate this issue as there had been numerous complaints regarding people falling and slipping over once on these tiles.

The tiles had been treated previously with a etching fluid however the results still were not satisfactory. The only option open to them was to remove the offending tiles and replace them.

This of course meant the closure of the main entrance to the mall for several days while workers uplifted the tiles and replaced them. The closure of this entrance would have been very disruptive to the malls customers so Merlin Anti Slip was then contacted to offer their expertise and to see if there was an alternative.

Kevin from Merlin evaluated the entrance, his suggestion was to leave the tiles as they were and to afix Traction Matting in 300 x 300 pads to the offending tiles. The tiles were prepared to ensure maximum adhesion for the pads to the tiles. This completely solved the problem of slippage in the area. To date vast numbers of people have travelled over the pads with shopping trollies full of products and many thousands of people have walked over the pads without one report of an underfoot accident.

You can imagine how elated the Mall Managers were to have their problem solved. The Traction Mat fulfilled their requirements perfectly. What was a becoming a very costly issue to solve was quickly turned around by having Kevin view the issue and come up with the correct solution.

The Traction Mat is a thin quality long lasting product most suitable to flat areas that have been identified as problem areas.

SAFETY ACCESS ROUTES

Line/lane marking.

With an escape system it is determined that the area designated and documented for this escape system will stipulate that this area must be always kept clutter free.

These escape routes, need to be maintained as escape routes to be functional. That requires the route that has been identified would have solarises down each side of the lane mark area. Inside the Solaris there would be cross hatch lane marking which will identify the area that must be kept clutter free and the solarises will identify the egress route in darkness. This then identifies a safe escape route, and it maintains a house keeping environment whereby it is clutter free and provides egress should an emergency situation arise.

When Merlin identifies, supplies, and installs a lane marking escape system/route the egress route is marked with yellow hatched pathway markers and solarises. These Solaris (photoluminescence) pads are placed at 700mm intervals on the sides of these hatched lane markings. This escape/egress route can now be identified, should the building be plunged into darkness, as a safe clutter free egress route providing a safe escape route from the building.

The very way that the Lane marking, and the photoluminescence work together will give the appearance of a safe exit way as photoluminescence lighting at 700mm intervals will provide visibility by a big glowing disc. This disc is a bright glowing photoluminescent pad which is positioned down each side of the marked lanes and identifies the clear escape route.