Traffic Sign Posts

by Sapa Pole Products

Leading the way

Wouldn’t it be nice if the entire streetscape was of a

uniform design? That all of the columns placed in your region

are safe? And that you can avoid unnecessary clutter?

Sapa now has a solution for this problem. Our range of products no longer stops with Lighting Columns and Traffic Signal Poles. We now also have a full range of Traffic Sign Posts manufactured from aluminium – THE material of the future.

The advantages of Sapa aluminium Traffic Sign Posts are:

Fast installation Considerable savings in time and money (up to 73%)! Forward your records to us and we can indicate your savings.

Passive safeSapa now offers fully crash tested Traffic Sign Posts which are tested to EN12899.

Environmentally friendlyCarbon Neutral features are explained on the back page.

Easily accessibleTraffic Sign Posts can be fitted with a door to allow illumination.

Quick deliveryTraffic Sign Posts of 4 meter are on stock in the Redditch facility.

Sapa Pole Products

Postal address

P.O. Box 75

NL-5150 AB Drunen

Netherlands

Visiting address

Alcoalaan 1

NL-5151 RW Drunen

Netherlands

Phone +31 416 386 200

Fax +31 416 386 230

Email info.poleproducts.nl@sapagroup.com

Website www.sapapoleproducts.com

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ConfigurationDimension Ø d (mm)

MomentMu* (kNm)

Max. height (m)

Single legged Ø76 – Ø165 2,2 – 10,6 10

Passive Safety Performance class 100NE2

Single legged Ø145 – Ø250 7,4 – 30,0 15 100NE3 (incl. shear off)

Multi legged Ø76 – Ø165 2,2 – 10,6 10 100NE2

Multi legged Ø145 – Ø250 7,4 – 30,0 15 100NE2 (incl. shear off)

Shored-upMulti-legged

Ø145 shored

±130 10 100NE2 (incl. shear off)

Notes regarding the overview with sign post-types• All classes are valid for Soil (ground-piece) and Rigid (concrete sleeved/socket/

baseplate) foundations.• Clear distance for Multi-legged configurations between supports needs to be

a minimum of 1600mm.• Recommended mounting height according to EN12767 is 2 meters above

ground level.• Doors can be included to allow illumination.

Overview with sign post-types

Suitable for all kinds of traffic situations

Single legged sign post Twin legged sign post Shored-up Multi legged sign post

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Sapa Pole Products in its factory of DRUNENCE-Certificate: List of Approved Products

Products Qualities and categories Dimensions

Harmonised standard under reference: hEN 12899-1:2007

Supports for use with fixed vertical road traffic signs including signal heads according to EN 12368:2006 and variable message traffic signs according to EN 12966-1:2009

Material – Extruded aluminium stepped or conical circular tubesGrade – fy = 160 N/mm² (characteristic elastic limit)

Dimensions expressed in nominal diameter and nominal wall thickness from 114 mm by 2.5 mm to 250 mm by 5.25 mm with

Structural Performance declared by the Producer according to hEN12899-1:2007, §5

Durability: Resistance to corrosion – Aluminium; SP1 with or without Performance under vehicle impact (passive safety) for single post supports:

1. Products with nominal diameter / nominal wall thickness 250 mm / 4.0 mm, with nominal height of 15 m and all smaller members, but over 2 m, supplied with internal shear mechanism and founded

using Standard Soil or Rigid (backfill type S or R). Performance under vehicle impact type 100,NE,3 (*)

2. Products with nominal diameter / nominal wall thickness 250 mm / 4.0 mm, with nominal height of 15 m and all smaller members, but over 2 m, supplied with internal shear mechanism and founded

using Standard Soil or Rigid (backfill type S or R). Performance under vehicle impact type 70,NE,3

3. Products with nominal diameter / nominal wall thickness 165 mm / 3.3 mm, with nominal height of 10 m and all smaller members, but over 2 m using Standard Soil or Rigid (backfill type S or R).

Performance under vehicle impact type 100,NE,2 (*)

4. Products with nominal diameter / nominal wall thickness 165 mm / 3.3 mm, with nominal height of 10 m and all smaller members, but over 2 m using Standard Soil or Rigid (backfill type S or R).

Performance under vehicle impact type 70,NE,2

(*) also including multilegged supports with clear distances greater than 1 600 mm in class 100,NE,2(according to EN 12767:2007, §4.3.7 and Annex F note C ; 1 600mm = 1 500/cos20°)

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Carbon neutral Traffic Sign Posts, the most important features:

• Minimum of 95% recycled material.• 100% recyclable, time after time.• Less weight (upto 20% less) with

our smart reinforcement profile.• Energy saving measures during

the production process.• Environmentally friendly ground

protection.

Crash tests can be found under the Passive Safe page of our website: www.sapapoleproducts.com

*Moment (kNm) – max. resistance of support in the configuration against bending (bending-capacity)