NEW – Urban Sign System

June

Customisation, International, Manufacturing, New Products, Standards, temporary road signManagement, Manufacturing, Melba, post, roadkworks, sign, streetworks, Swintex, system, Traffic, urban

Are you ready to see the new standard in urban traffic management?

The Melba Swintex Urban Sign System has officially launched 🚦

Our latest innovation is now ready to revolutionise urban traffic control.

Hassle-free installation is at the core of its design. Whether you’re dealing with one or two posts, the Urban Sign ensures the setup of sign faces with 300mm and 450mm hole centres is a breeze.

Stability is another key aspect we’ve prioritised. You won’t need to worry about shaky signs or toppling barriers. The Urban Sign Base firmly stacks, allowing the use of multiple bases.

Plus, we understand space is a luxury in urban areas. That’s why the Urban Sign Post is compatible with a wide assortment of existing bases. Combine the Urban Sign with our other products like our V-Fence for an optimised, space-conscious traffic management solution.

The Urban Sign Post and Base don’t just control traffic, they can also become an emblem of your brand, thanks to the customisable colours and the opportunity for corporate branding.

Upgrade your sign posts and bases with the Urban Sign System by Melba Swintex.

To learn more, visit
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Lead Times for the Original Chapter 8 Barrier

October

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MINIMAL LEAD TIMES – GET THEM HERE FIRST

The Gate Barrier is one of the original Chapter 8 barriers on the market, and our most popular barrier ever. These past few months we have invested heavily in new tooling which has seen lead times for the Gate massively reduced.

So get your orders in ready for all of those upcoming events we can all once again enjoy!

Connection from barrier to barrier is quick and simple with an easy drop and secure solution, that allows for uneven ground and varying kerb heights.

Four Location lugs within the windows of the barrier allow for the attachment of a courtesy sign, providing the option for extra information if required.

Various customisation options are available for the barriers, including bespoke colours and corporate identification embossed onto the front of the barrier.

Like with all Melba Swintex barriers, there is an abundance of heavy-duty foot options as well as methods for ballasting for those high wind speed applications.

For more information on Wind Speed Classes, and how we successfully tested the Gate Barrier at the only full-scale wind tunnel within the UK, click here.

Q-Frame – An Industry First

October

Business, Customisation, Manufacturing, New Products, Standards, temporary road sign, Testing, Utilitiesfit, Management, Manufacturing, Melba, new, plastic, product, q-frame, qframe, quick, quick fit, quickfit, roadworks, Street, streetworks, Swintex, Traffic, works

The All New Q-Frame

An industry first from Melba Swintex, an all plastic Quick Fit Frame. Implementing the revolutionary Quick-Lock fasteners that are fitted as standard. These remain securely in place allowing a quick and easy sign face installation. The frame takes 300mm and 450mm centre sign plates. Black as standard with Corporate Branding and various all-through colour options available*.

Sign Faces

The Q-Frame comes with Quick-Lock fasteners installed at 300mm centres as standard, with the facility to move these into 450mm centre holes. These Quick-Lock fasteners have been carefully engineered to prevent any twists within the frame, ensuring an easy to install sign face every time.

Customisation

Manufactured in Black as standard, however with the facility to manufacture with your corporate branding colours without the need for any extra processes. As well as this, corporate branding can be embossed onto the front bottom leg of the frame reducing in theft. Minimum runs apply.

Deployment

Sophisticated form around the connection for the back legs ensures they do not come away in everyday use. With indication as to when the legs are in the open position, and a smart catch feature when in the home position.

Transport

Unique to the Q-Frame is its ability to stack with itself, resulting in safer transport and utilisation of space more efficiently. 80 pieces to a pallet, with lighter-in-weight than its metal counterpart means less fuel required for transport.

Testing

All portable road signs must conform to BS 8442:2015 to be used on British roads, and this includes the Q-Frame. The Q-Frame is the first quick fit frame variant that has been rigorously tested at the MIRA Wind tunnel facility, to determine the specific ballast requirement for each Wind Class.

Features

Takes 300 mm and 450 mm centre sign faces.
Revolutionary Quick-Lock fasteners.
Lighter than steel = less weight in vehicle.
Non-Metallic with no scrap value.
Non-Conductive.
100% recyclable.
Stackable – 80 to a pallet.
Can be branded with customer logo. Minimum run applies.
Can be manufactured in corporate colours. Minimum run applies.

Moving on Up!

July

Business, custom mouding, Manufacturingacquisition, building, global, industrial, local, Management, Manufacturing, Melba, move, new, premises, purchase, ramsbottom, stubbins, Swintex, Traffic

Home Sweet New Home

Melba Swintex are delighted to announce the successful purchase of a new premises for their base of operations. Due to increasing restrictions of space and power, the company has seen such growth that the current site is no longer fit for purpose and are therefore in the process of relocating each machine to the new 17-acre site located in Ramsbottom.

The existing premises in Bury will cease association with Melba Swintex, and the target will be to have all operations fully up and running at the new premises as we enter into the New Year.

Throughout the move, the company will continue to trade as usual, with little to no interruptions noticeable.

Our New Address is as follows:

Melba Swintex
PO Box 700
Bury
BL8 9TX.

RightRamp – Uniquely Designed & Focused for Various Abilities

September

International, Manufacturing, New Productsabilities, access, bury, disabled, innovation, innovative, kerb, Management, Manufacturing, Melba, new, Products, ramp, right, rightramp, Swintex, Traffic, wheelchair

the RightRamp

Introducing the New RightRamp from Melba Swintex. Designed in conjunction with the University of East Anglia, led by Dr Katherine Deane BSc PhD – Senior Lecturer in Research, and her team. The RightRamp has been specially designed and developed by focusing on people of varying abilities to overcome the issues that all current wheelchair ramps have.

Existing Styles

Current Wheelchair Ramps force the user to approach the ramp straight on due to its high-rise walls either side. This can cause major issues when there is insufficient clearance for a wheelchair user to approach the ramp, as well as posing as a potentially serious trip hazard.

New Style

The RightRamp has been designed to sit up against the kerb, rather than over it, which allows the form of the ramp to blend from the road surface up onto the footway. The organic curvature of the ramp allows multiple angle access when approaching the ramp from both the road works, and the footway.

An even distribution of Anti-Slip Conical Technology over the entire upper surface of the ramp prevents any slips in dry and wet conditions. When tested to BS 7976 results show no significant slip hazard.

4 completely recycled weights are fixed on the underside of the ramp that not only help anchor the ramp down, but also prevent the ramp from sliding by implementing Anti-Slip Conical Technology, and dramatically increases the ramps compression strength.

After extensive testing at the University of East Anglia, it was concluded that a 9mm tapping rail guided the visually impaired with ease, without creating a potential trip hazard for pedestrians, or issues for wheelchair users.

Kerb Heights

A series of trials were conducted at the University of East Anglia to determine the precise form that allows the smoothest transition onto and off the ramp for varying kerb heights. Working with manual & electric wheelchairs that consisted of both pneumatic and SRT tyres, the new design allows a wheelchair user to transition seamlessly onto and off the ramp at various heights.

The RightRamp boasts a variety of Benefits & Features, which are too many to contain within one email. Head over to the dedicated product page for the RightRamp to discover the story of the ramp, and what makes it stand out from the rest.

the RightRamp Product Page

The New Environmentally Friendly Tuff Tread.

July

Business, Customisation, International, Manufacturing, New Products, Standards, Testing, Trench Coverenvironmentally, footway board, friendly, hauc, improvements, international, legislation, Manufacturing, Melba, moulding, new, New Products, plastic, Swintex, Traffic, traffic management, tread, trench cover, tuff, Utilities

1200 x 800 Tuff Tread

Introducing the all new environmentally friendly Tuff Tread. A completely recyclable trench cover that conforms to the latest HAUC regulations. Manufactured from HDPE with a PVC skirting, this single-man lift cover is perfect for use as a Footway Board in utility & general street works.

For more information including test reports and datasheets:
Click here for the Tuff Tread web page.

Tested in accordance to the latest HAUC regulations under the full guidance of Lloyds British, an accredited testing house with over 200 years experience in this field. The Tuff Tread can withstand a full working load of 400 kgs with minimal deflection, & 800 kgs with no sign of failure, over a trench span of 700mm. See the video above to find out more.

The materials used in the manufacturing of the Tuff Tread are 100% recyclable which dramatically reduces the products ending up in landfill by using our closed loop recycling opportunity. Each Tuff Tread when recycled, can be used to manufacture: new products, cone bases, or even a new skirt for another Tuff Tread.

Current covers are manufactured from GRP, which is composed of fine strands of glass fibre that are a severe irritant for skin. When the material breaks, there is a potential risk the glass fibres can become airborne, which poses a serious risk to existing respiratory problems.

Existing GRP Trench Covers can break and fracture easily, so therefore must be replaced regularly. It is extremely difficult to recycle GRP, and due to this, most GRP products end up in landfill at their end of life.

The Tuff Tread uses materials that have a high strength-to-density ratio. They are proven to last longer than GRP products. The material does not splinter, nor pose an irritant threat when exposed to contact with the skin. Maintenance of them is easy, and they can be wiped or washed clean if and when required.

Closed Loop Recycling

Melba Swintex has a 100% commitment to the environment and due to this, offers a closed loop recycling opportunity on the new Tuff Tread and all of our existing products. For more details on this, and how you can improve your carbon footprint, get in touch using the link below:

Reducing landfill one product at a time.

Get in touch.

Our Kitemark Cone Collection

April

Business, Cones, Manufacturing, roadcone, roadcone manufacturer, Standards, Testingbritish, Cones, control, kitemark, Manufacturing, roadcone, standard, Traffic

Flying the Kitemark™

Melba Swintex is the only manufacturer that currently offers a Traffic Cone range that is accredited to display the Kitemark™ by the British Standards Institution. Each Cone family has undergone, and continues to undergo, rough and rigorous testing to the technical specifications set out by the British Standards Institution. Below is the full range of Traffic Cones approved to fly the Kitemark™.

New: Tuff-AT Barrier Foot

July

Barriers, Crowd Control Barrier, Customisation, fencing feet, Manufacturing, New Productsanti, barrier, foot, foothold, Manufacturing, moulding, Plastics, pvc, recycled, stability, Traffic, trip, tuff

Happy Feet meets the Fantastic 4 –
Episode 4: Keep Your Barriers Happy!

Introducing the New Tuff-AT Foot.

In the world of Barrier feet, the Terrifying Trio have dominated the market, but now, they have a new member – Welcome to The Fantastic Four.

Each Foot Does the Following:

Foot can be coloured to suit. This can compliment Brand Image.
Manufactured from recycled material and can be completely recycled again.
Allows barriers to stack by turning inwards, excellent for transport.
Each foot can swivel 360° for those awkward environments.

Review Each Foot in High Detail Using the Link Below:
the Barrier Feet Page.

Custom Moulding

July

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Melba Swintex Custom Moulding

Idea > Design > Prototype > Produce
We Can Do It All

Custom Moulding is a service provided by Melba Swintex, offering the ability to manufacture products in large quantities via a variety of methods, with high quality and precision in mind. At Melba Swintex, we pride ourselves on our trade moulding facility. With enormous experience, technical know-how, and state of the art large capacity machines.

We have recently completed projects in:

Blow Moulding – Leisure Jerry Can 25 litre with an innovative design.

Rotational Moulding – Swimming pool float for moving floor – new project using floats to lift & lower a ceramic floor for swimming pool installations.

Compression / Intrusion Moulding – Cell Pave HD – a JV with a customer to bring a new product to market, made in the UK for heavy duty permeable SUDs, compliant paving system.

Find out more about the Custom Moulding by heading over to its very own Page where you can access all of the required information.

the Custom Moulding Web Page.

Melba Swintex have a wealth of experience in design and manufacture, and work alongside our customers to provide customised products for industry.

Our Barriers, Your Colours.

March

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We have come a long way since the Henry Ford quoted “You can have any colour, as long as it is black”. When it comes to the personalisation of our barriers, the phrase could not be any more wrong.

The Product.

Melba Swintex are able to manufacture our barriers to your Pantone specification, with the option to have a set of coloured barrier feet, and to emboss your company logo to compliment your barrier choice.

The Tool.

Using our colour tool online, you can now get a sneak preview of how our barriers would look in your colours. Head over to the page now to have a play, and get a feel for the many variations we can offer.

The Benefit.

You are able to preview how a barrier would look before placing an order. Get in touch with your Melba Swintex Distributor to discuss the options available.

*With a minimum run of 120 Units for a bespoke colour, this is currently the shortest run for coloured barrier within the UK. Embossing plate at an additional cost.

Click Here to go to the Tool.

Melba Swintex specialise in the manufacturing of Temporary Traffic Management Systems within the plastics industry. We have a wealth of experience in design and manufacture, and work alongside our customers to provide customised products for industry.

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