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BUILT UP LETTERS The rise of flex faced lettering


“Built-up letters in flex face are really taking off,” says Richard Vincent, Sales Director at Brownings Ltd.


While Brownings has long been a producer of standard shapes such as rectangles, squares and oval shaped objects, over the past 18 months, Richard notes that there has been a marked increase in the interest in flex faced lettering. Along with flex-faced signs, Browings also produce light boxes, fabric framed light boxes and poster units among other similar items.


So just what exactly has prompted the popularity of flex-faced built up lettering to rise?


“I think predominantly it’s as much to do with the introduction for LEDs as it is that (city) planners are probably putting slightly tighter restrictions on the size of boxes,” he says. “The left to right span of 4m high built-up let- ters may only be 12-15m, but I think the fin- ished price of those letters would be less than one big rectangular sign full of LEDs. Yes the physical letters could look expen- sive, but you’re only illuminating that letter, not one single large rectangular box. I think that difference in price is pushing some planners to go down that route.”


Brownings are predominantly known for manufacturing flex face, including the Sign- Comp™ Tensioning Systems, the leading system in the world for flex faced boxes. “We do seem to be getting a bit of a name for manufacturing the more strange shapes,” adds Richard. “We do manufac- ture a number of standard rectangular and square boxes, but you can achieve some weird and wonderful shapes with the Econoflex system.” This system was devel- oped based on customer feedback on the SignComp clip system, and it saves sign makers considerable time by incorporating the tensioning system the box into a single profile.


There are a number of benefits to using flex face lettering. Firstly, it enables sign makers to create one continual image without any breaks, and there’s virtually no limitation on size. Most ultra wide format printers can print the skins for boxes whether they are il- luminated or non-illuminated. “They also provide great value for money longevity,” says Richard. “The aluminium itself will last a long time, and the PVC skins have a war- rantee of five years - I’ve seen boxes that we produced in the first year I joined 17 years ago that are still going. The powder coating we can offer on some of the boxes is architectural coating, which has got a 25-


year warranty on it, but we need to be told beforehand that the box requires it, as it changes the way we manufacture.”


Things to bear in mind when ordering flex face:


• Just because it can be drawn on a com- puter doesn’t mean that it can be built. Al- ways check with us first, as we may be able to suggest ways to achieve a finish box close to the required shape. Jagged edges is one area that we always have to change, but the effect could be achieved with the printed skin and a partially block out to the edge of the box.


• The bigger the better. Trying to produce small intricate shapes is a problem -trying to build a 1,500mm high letter “O” would probably take as long as building a 2,500mm high letter O, depending on the stoke width of the letter.


• Keep an eye on angles. Internal angles tighter than 25 degrees can’t be built, as we would have to cut too much of the extrusion away, so there wouldn’t be any aluminium left for the tension clip to push into.


- Richard Vincent, Sales Director, Brown- ings Ltd.


www.the-signmakers.com


An up-close look at a 5m letter "A" being manufactured for DNATA. 52 Sign Update ISSUE 167 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016


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