Insight Sign Systems

T8 Fluorescent Lamps Being Phased Out
Article Date: July, 2010

T8 Fluorescent Lamp Insight would like all clients to know that standard T8 cool white fluorescent lamps will no longer be available from 1st March, 2010. This is good news in that you will now get better illumination in your signcases and lighting, longer lamp life, and you are helping the environment. The down side is that the tri-phosphor replacement lamps can cost almost double that of a standard lamp, but as the lamps last longer there is less replacement, so payback will be quick.
Insight can not absorb the increased lamp cost, as we have already absorbed the WEEE recycle charge of £0.15 per lamp, so to cover this we will add a lamp surcharge of +5% to the total cost of jobs with fluorescent illumination. For example, if you purchase a Highlight Mk.4 standard white fluorescent at 6,096 mm long, the cost is £200.00, but £5.00 will be added as surcharge.
To download Sylvania's documentation pertaining to the phasing out of T8 lamps in Power Point format, please click here.

New Products
Article Date: August, 2008

Please note that there have been some new additions to our Products area (click Products at the top of the page). If you scroll down past the normal Highlight, Spectra and Wayfinder product areas, you will see new areas for Bespoke Customised Sign Products, Lumirescent LED lighting range, and Fabricated Stainless Steel Letters.

The Bespoke page gives you information and photographic examples on some of the custom fabricated work we can do, including CNC routing, CNC folding, modification of existing extrusions and much more.

Lumirescent is our new range of LED based lighting products, running at a fraction of the electrical consumption of fluorescent lamps. Our very flexible and versatile Lumirescent strip can be used in anything from edge lighting to illumination of built up letters where normally neon would be used.

The Fabricated Stainless Steel Letters area tells you a little (more information soon) on a service we are offering for exceptionally high quality stainless steel fabricated letters.

New CNC Machinery
Article Date: June, 2008

This month sees the installation of two new state of the art CNC machines at Insight. The TURBObend Plus folding system, with its innovative 'draw and fold' features will allow us to create much more sophisticated folded panels than at present, with such features as curves, which when combined with our extrusions will increase our potential for manufacturing bespoke products.

The SMARTcut swing beam shear offers us a safer and more accurate way to cut panels.

More information on the machines can be found on the manufacturers web site by clicking on the machine names above. A .WMV video of the TURBObend plus in action can also be seen by clicking here.

New Speed Flex Integral
Article Date: February, 2008

Available from April, 2008 our new and enhanced Speed Flex Integral system builds on the design of the existing system, with the same attractive look, free of visible fixings, but adds some important new features.

The cover plate now has spring-assisted operation, meaning practically no effort is required to open or close it, but most importantly, when open the spring holds the cover plate in position, so when work is being carried out in the tensioning area, it will not be blown down, and it is also not loose, so no health and safety risk of it falling down on someone. This replaces the existing cover plate which was screw-free and the first of a kind in any system, but did require some effort to open and close. The drip-lip design is retained on the new cover plate, to prevent streaking down the sign face.

Potential tensioning has now been increased by around 5 mm, which can be very helpful on large signs, but more importantly the design has been modified to allow the Alumiflex tensioning tool (shown in photo above) to be used to tension the flex holders, making for a much simpler, faster, and more refined tensioning experience.

The new Speed Flex Integral will also be available in silver anodised finish, which will be very competitively priced when compared with powder coating, with faster delivery times.

The rest of the Speed Flex system will be updated during 2008 in line with the new design.

Finally, we will be offering very high quality digital printed faces, complete with laminated finish.

To see the existing and new Speed Flex Integral systems together for comparison, click here to see a .PDF document.

RoHS 2002/95/EC Compliant
Article Date: August, 2006

This statement confirms that to the best of our ability, after checking all components suppliers used for the manufacture of Insight Sign Systems' range of products, we conform to the directive 2002/95/EC restriction of hazardous substance. Our products are extruded aluminium sign systems, we have covered all components which are used including aluminium sheet and extrusion, powder coating materials, all nuts, bolts and fixings, fluorescent lamps, gear trays, cables, acrylics, locks, gas struts and packaging materials. We strive to make our products and workplace safe for all.

To download a printable copy of our RoHS statement in PDF format, click here.


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