Braille & Tactile Signs
All standard Braille imprint signs are held in stock.
Signlink has one of the largest Braille & Tactile range in the market today with over 45 standards signs.
The Braille Imprint range was specifically developed for a commercial environment such as hospitals, universities, schools and government buildings.
Braille imprint signs are moulded from a single piece of polycarbonate with all graphics elements of the sign being permanently moulded into the face.
All graphics are printed on the inside face of the polycarbonate which has been applied to a semi rigid polyethylene plate. All signs are supplied with 3M 367 double sided tape applied to 100% of the back of the sign for installation.
All signs comply with the Australian building code.
With current amendments to the Australian building code, every exit in the following scenarios are required to have a Braille and Tactile exit sign installed;
• Exit doors opening to a stairway
• Exit doors opening to the street or open area
• Exit doors for all horizontal exits in a storey.
The signs must state: “Exit” and “Level” followed by the floor/level number. The sign is to be installed on the wall on the latch side between 50mm from the architrave. It must also be located between 1250 and 1600mm from FFL.
Complementing our standard range of Braille & Tactile Pictograms signs is the custom and bespoke 3D Printed signs. Custom signs can be produced from a supplied set of artwork or our art department can supply artwork based on our sizes and layouts.
Custom Braille
Signs are 3D printed onto Rowmark ultra matte,
engraving laminated, impact acrylic which is a nonglare, coloured UV stable sheet material. Signs are suitable for both internal and external use.
We are able to supply a range of standard colours along with custom colours that you may require.
All braille and tactile elements are produced to comply with the Australian Building Code.
A) Braille & Tactile components of a sign must be located no less than 1200mm and not higher than 1600mm above the floor or ground surface.
B) Signs with single lines of characters must have the line of tactile characters no less than 1200mm and not higher than 1350mm above the floor or ground surface.
C) Signs identifying rooms containing features or facilities listed in D3.6, of the building code, must be located on a wall on the latch side of the door with the leading edge of the signs located between 50mm and 300mm from the architrave; and where this is not possible, the sign may be placed on the door itself.
D) The background, negative space, fill of a sign must have a luminance contrast with the surface on which it is mounted of no less than 30%.
E) Tactile characters, icons and symbols must have a minimum luminance contrast of 30% to the surface on which the characters are mounted.