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Suspended banner system
Good morning all.
I have been asked to provide a new banner for these brackets. The original banner is long gone but the new occupiers wish to have a new one. Can anyone point me in the correct direction for this system. The top bar is still attached with a couple of carbinas but photo shows what was at the bottom to give it tension. The overall gap between the two arms is approx 8ft 2.4M.
Would I be better of ingnoring the springs and just get some tension turnbuckle things.
TIA
Iain
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4 Replies
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Morning Iain, the springs are crucial in these type of penant banners, they keep the banner under constant tension & don’t stretch or lose their strength as they are under compression rather than being stretched. They’re called prison springs I believe, had some from TadeSignz if I remember correctly
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Perfect Kevin, thank you very much, I just need to work out what size i need to produce the banner at to make sure it is tensioned correctly.
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First used this system on this job a few years ago now & it still looks in order with no sagging. Seen various attempts at tensioning these things from nuts & bolts to bungee cord but all look terrible once the banner has stretched over time. Whoever designed those springs was a genius. Shouldn’t get excited about stuff like this but can’t help it
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Kevs right, those are the ones from https://www.tradesignz.com
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