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  • very cold signage materials ?

    Posted by Hugh Potter on June 15, 2007 at 8:52 am

    hi, i’ve been asked to make some signs to go in a walk in freezer, and fridges, would dibond be suitable in -20° or so, or should i use aluminium as they suggested it might want to be on ?

    regards.
    Hugh

    Hugh Potter replied 16 years, 11 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • David Lowery

    Member
    June 15, 2007 at 8:54 am

    Found this on the web:

    Dibond Good Temperature & Sound Resistance – Dibond absorbs vibration and has a low resonance response. The average airborne sound transmission loss of Dibond is approximately 21 decibels and as such is comparable with a 20mm thick plaster board or a heavy inside door. Temperature resistance ranges from minus 50°C to plus 80°C (-55°F to +176°F).

    Dave

  • John Childs

    Member
    June 15, 2007 at 8:58 am

    I had a mailshot yesterday about the new Avery 800 vinyl, which suggested that it’s performance in the cold was above average.

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    June 15, 2007 at 9:09 am

    thank you both, i’d better check the oracle i have in stock, see if that’s suitable, if not, avery it might need to be then !

    thanks for the quick replies.
    Hugh

  • Russell Spencer

    Member
    June 15, 2007 at 9:21 am

    I think you will find that there will be suitable materials out there dibond, 3M vinyl etc. Have you thought about how you are fixing them, I dont know of a tape that performs that cold and I dont think you can drill into fridge walls.

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    June 15, 2007 at 10:04 am

    from memory (many years ago i used to build refridgerated trailers and vans), the type of freeze used here, will have a blast freezer (like a big air-con unit), so the walls can be drilled, the customer is going to fit at any rate, and rivet them on,

    when we built the artic trailers, the walls were insulated, fibreglassed, and then drilled for all the beams of refridgerant (saline stuff) to be fitted, the type with the blast freezers are the same, but have no beams in, so again, it’s only fibreglass and insulatoin.,

    thanks for the concern anyways,

    Hugh

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