User:Mgkay/Bollards in industry

Note: modifications to existing Bollard  page

Flexible bollards
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Flexible bollards are bollards designed to bend when struck by vehicles. They are typically made from synthetic plastic or rubber that is stiff on its own, but pliable under the weight of a car or truck. When struck, flexible bollards give way to some extent—reducing damage to vehicles and surrounding surfaces—and return to their original, upright position. Some flexible bollards do not provide physical protection from vehicles; rather they offer clear visual guidance for drivers. While flexible bollards do not provide physical protection from vehicles, they offer clear visual guidance for drivers. Other flexible bollards have been designed to provide physical protection as well as reduced damage by incorporating strong elastic materials. These can be all plastic or plastic/steel hybrids but combine varying degrees of stopping power and flexibility.

Bollard lights
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Bollard lights are a type of architectural outdoor lighting fixture comprising short, upright ground-mounted units, typically giving off light from the top or the sides, and used to illuminate walkways, steps or pathways.

Solar bollards store energy during daylight hours in order to illuminate during night. They use either a photocell or algorithms that determine whether the solar cells are receiving light to determine when to illuminate.

Commercial and industrial bollards
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Bollards are often used in commercial and industrial applications to prevent material handling equipment from damaging buildings and equipment and potentially injuring pedestrians. Powered industrial trucks, also known as fork lifts, are known to be especially dangerous and damaging vehicles due to their large mass and unforgiving features. Because these vehicles often operate in tight places, bollards are installed to prevent the vehicles from inadvertently contacting and damaging fixed equipment, or building structures. Property  damage accidents from semi-trucks has been increasing in recent years as well. Bollards are used as an effective means of guarding property, equipment, utilities and pedestrians from such accidents.

Typical applications include loading dock door protection, building corner protection, pallet rack, building column, and picket fence guarding for utilities and equipment.

Other applications
(existing section)

The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF), managed by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), cited three dozen applications of bollards.