August 1st 2024
How can decals help businesses prioritise safety?
In today's industrial environments, ensuring the safety of the workforce is vital. Decals play a crucial role in enhancing brand recognition and displaying essential health and safety information for plant, equipment, and vehicles.
Boosting Safety with Clear Communication
Safety instructions and warnings on decals and industrial safety stickers are key to keeping workplaces safe and compliant with health and safety laws. Machinery, whether it’s running or not, can pose various hazards. So, it’s vital that safety information and warnings are clear and are not obscured, peeling off or missing altogether. High quality, long-lasting industrial safety stickers which stand up to weather and wear tear, will help to ensure vital safety information is always visible.
Making Operations Easier with Decals
Decals are also a valuable tool for communicating operator instructions. Simple, easily accessible instructions on decals can complement O&M manuals, apps, and training, providing regular, easy to understand reminders to operators. This helps streamline operations, reduce the risk of human error, and save time and resources. Again, it’s important that decals which are used to display instructions are clear and long-lasting.
Maintaining Professionalism and Reducing Costs
Environmental factors can also affect the appearance of branding and information on plant and vehicles, leading to a shabby and worn look or causing decals to peel off entirely. This not only creates a poor impression of the company but also incurs added costs for replacing the decals.
Gate 7: Committed to Quality and Longevity
At Gate 7, we understand the impact of environmental conditions on machinery decals and equipment branding. Our industrial decals undergo rigorous testing to meet relevant American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and ASTM International standards. We hold ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and can provide PPAP documentation, ensuring the quality and longevity of our decals.
Our decal materials offer superior resistance to chemicals, UV rays, and abrasion, aiming for a lifespan of five to seven years for all our decal solutions. This reliability and cost-effectiveness make our products ideal for plant and vehicle hire companies.
Diverse Material Options for Peak Performance
We offer a variety of base materials for our products, including:
- Self-adhesive vinyl: A durable material that adheres to various surfaces.
- Polycarbonate: Extremely tough, with high heat and chemical resistance.
- Printed stainless steel and anodised aluminium: For specialised applications.
Innovation Through Superior Engineered Vinyls
As part of our commitment to world class manufacturing and continuous improvement, we designed and developed the SEVseries, a unique product range of Superior Engineered Vinyls. In the SEVseries, we have developed and rigorously tested component parts that when combined, exceed market demand in quality, performance and importantly remains competitive in price.
Trusted by Leading Companies
Gate 7 has a long track record of developing and delivering industrial decals including – including vinyl logo stickers – to plant and industrial vehicle hire companies, including Sunbelt Rentals, Herc Rentals and Sunstate Equipment. And we’re also trusted to support leading international manufacturers including Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe), Komatsu, Yanmar, Bobcat and Caterpillar Inc.
By focusing on safety with high-quality decals, businesses can ensure a safer work environment, improve efficiency, maintain a professional look, and cut down on costs for replacing decals. Gate 7 is here to provide durable, reliable decal solutions to meet your needs.