Product Specification

Enhance Visibility and Safety with Reflective Glass Beads for Road Marking High Reflectivity and Durability

Description:

Glass beads for road marking are small, reflective spheres that are applied to road markings to improve visibility, especially at night or in low-light conditions. These beads enhance the reflectivity of road paints by bouncing light back to the driver’s eyes, making road markings more visible and safer. They are typically embedded in the road marking paint while it is still wet and help to ensure long-lasting reflectivity and durability.

 Key Characteristics of Glass Beads:

1. High Reflectivity: Glass beads enhance the visibility of road markings by reflecting light back to the driver, particularly at night or in low-light conditions.

2. Durability: They are resistant to wear and weathering, maintaining their reflective properties over time.

3. Smooth Surface: The smooth surface of glass beads allows them to easily bond with paint or road marking materials, ensuring uniform distribution.

4. Size and Sphericity: Glass beads are typically small and spherical in shape, which helps maximize light reflection and provides optimal optical performance.

5. Transparency: The beads are usually clear or translucent, which helps them blend seamlessly with road markings without affecting the color or appearance.

6. Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe: Glass beads are made from natural materials and are non-toxic, making them safe for the environment.

7. Cost-Effective: Glass beads are relatively inexpensive, making them a cost-effective choice for improving road safety.

8. Weather Resistance: They maintain their reflective properties even in harsh weather conditions, including rain, snow, and extreme temperatures.

Specifiction:

Glass beads play a crucial role in improving road safety in several ways:

Enhanced Visibility at Night

- When vehicle headlights shine on the road, the glass beads embedded in the road markings reflect the light back to the driver's eyes. This makes the markings, such as lane dividers, crosswalks, and edge lines, highly visible in the dark. Drivers can clearly see the road layout and stay within their lanes, reducing the risk of veering off the road or into oncoming traffic.

Visibility in Adverse Weather Conditions

- In rain, fog, or snow, normal road markings can become obscured. However, the reflective glass beads continue to function. Their reflective properties cut through these weather - related obstructions, allowing drivers to identify the road markings and make safe driving decisions. For example, a driver can still see a stop line clearly even during a heavy downpour, helping them to stop in time.

Clear Guidance for Drivers

- By highlighting important road markings, glass beads provide clear guidance for drivers. They can easily distinguish between different types of markings, like the difference between a solid white line (which usually indicates a lane boundary that should not be crossed) and a dashed white line (which allows for lane changes under certain conditions). This clarity helps drivers to follow traffic rules more precisely and respond appropriately to the road situation.

Application 

Glass beads have a wide range of applications:

Road Marking

- They are used in reflective road paint. When vehicle headlights shine on the road markings with glass beads, the beads reflect light back, improving the visibility of markings at night and in low - light conditions, thus enhancing traffic safety.

Industrial Abrasives

- In shot blasting operations, glass beads are used to clean and polish metal surfaces. Their spherical shape helps in providing a more even finish compared to irregular - shaped abrasives. For example, in the automotive industry, they can be used to prepare surfaces for painting.

Cosmetics

- Some exfoliating products contain fine glass beads. They help to gently remove dead skin cells from the surface of the skin, leaving it smoother. However, due to environmental concerns, there is a trend to replace them with natural exfoliants.

Crafts and Decorations

- Glass beads are used in jewelry - making. They come in a variety of colors, sizes, and finishes, allowing artisans to create beautiful necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. They are also used for decorative purposes in vases, as fillers in clear containers, or to add sparkle to various art and home - decor projects.

OUR SERVICES

Dear customers, as an enterprise that has been producing marking paints in South China for ten years, our company adheres to the principle of serving customers, providing products for customers from the perspective of customers, and providing professional construction guidance and after-sales service.

Our company has a number of road construction teams, and undertakes a number of high-speed and urban road marking construction projects in China. During the construction process, our company continuously improves the whiteness, brightness and retroreflection coefficient of the marking paint, which enjoys a high reputation in the industry.

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