If you want to safeguard your assets, manage the free movement of traffic, and create visual perimeters around some landmarks, then bollards are the right choice for you. It is a short post that will create an architectural or protective perimeter.
If the installation purpose of the bollards is primarily for visual guidance, it will mark boundaries and guide the traffic. If you want to use it as an architectural element, you will get plenty of shapes and styles to accentuate the background or visually stand out in the particular location.
Style and strength
As the most common demand is to maintain smooth traffic flow to avoid any cases of accidents. The bollards can have decorative elements, but the primary focus should be on the strength to resist any kind of impact.
Safety bollards
The strong and stout bollards offer better protection to properties and safety for people. The bollards should be selected based on your requirements and with various types of safety structures available select the appropriate one.
Below is the list of types of bollards:
1. Removable bollards
these bollards are visual and physical barriers that are highly effective for the management of the temporary work zones. For instance, there is some road repair work going on, and most of the cars, as well as pedestrians, are clueless about the lane closures or diversions ahead. The removable items can immediately indicate lane closures, heavy traffic, or roadwork.
2. Collapsible structures
The collapsible bollards are designed to be installed into the ground. The bollard will raise and lower as and when the sensor detects the movement of cars. It is ideal for public places and parks, where automatic control is one of the biggest factors contributing to the choice of these wonderful barriers.
3. Fixed structures
If there is a space where it is mandatory to maintain the unhindered traffic movement, such as the parking lots of the shopping plaza, you need permanent solutions that will manage the traffic flow accurately. These are used on the pavements to keep the pedestrians safe.
Types of installation
The versatile bollard applications make it easy for you to decide whether you need the applications that can easily manage the continuous traffic in industrial or commercial settings.
1. Crash-rated or High impact fixed mountings
The crash-rated security bollards provide protection against vehicle impact. The manufacturers of these bollards use concrete and steel to make them strong. Through elaborate tests, the manufacturers prove the level of their strength and the extent to which it will minimize the impact on the vehicles. As the structures embed deep into the concrete surface, the structure itself won't add to the impact.
2. Low-impact fixed mountings
For permanent installation of the bollards into the existing or new concrete, the use of mounting hardware like threaded rods, concrete anchors, and anchor castings is common. When the installers embed the bollards directly into concrete, the purpose is to create visual barriers around monuments or vast landscapes. But the impact resistance level is low, and the structures are devoid of security features.
3. Fixed surface mountings
Concrete anchors and bolts secure this type of bollards into the existing concrete. You don't have to dig or pour in the concrete, but the impact resistance is not appreciable. All you can do with these is to protect the inventory from the powered vehicles like the carts that are moving around in the warehouse spaces and even at the grocery stores.
Conclusion
Now that you have a better understanding of various types of bollards, you should be able to choose the appropriate one depending on the nature of use. In case you have any doubts or queries you can contact the manufacturer of bollards or a supplier to help you answer your questions.
