What is the difference between Pavement Marking Tape and traditional road markings?
Pavement marking tape (also known as pre formed marking tape, hot-melt marking tape, or cold paint marking tape) and traditional road marking tape (mainly hot-melt scratch coating marking tape and ambient temperature solvent based marking tape) are two main road marking technologies.
Summary of Core Differences
Traditional road marking: It is formed by on-site construction and solidification of liquid materials. Just like painting on site with paint, you need to wait for it to dry/cool.
Pavement marking tape: It is prefabricated and solid pasted in the factory. Like a huge, adhesive backed "sticker", directly attached to the road surface.
Detailed comparison table
| Feature |
Pavement Marking Tape |
Traditional road markings |
| Construction method |
Cold construction, manual or mechanical laying |
Hot construction requires a dedicated marking vehicle |
| Construction speed |
Extremely fast, instantly open to traffic |
Slow, requires cooling time |
| Initial reflectivity |
Excellent, embedded with glass beads |
Good, glass bead spreading surface |
| Durability |
Good to excellent |
Excellent |
| Cost |
High material cost and low construction cost |
Low material cost and high construction cost |
| Applicable scenarios |
Temporary works, complex road surfaces, rapid maintenance, permanent markings |
Large scale construction of permanent road markings |
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summary
Road marking tape is a modern, efficient, and high-performance road marking material. It plays an irreplaceable role in temporary traffic management, rapid road maintenance, and permanent marking of specific areas due to its core advantages of fast construction, instant effectiveness, and good reflective effect. It is an important component of modern transportation engineering.
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