Production of front plates

The time of the dull rectangles (enameled at best), which were used as front plates, has irrevocably gone. Modern companies are manufacturing facade plates, taking advantage of new technical capabilities. This allows you to design and produce many attractive and expressive versions of the plates.

Requirements

Since the type, design and even color of the plate largely predetermines the attitude of the visitor to the authority and prestige of the company, choosing from what and how to make a front plate, take into account:

• respectability and representativeness of products.
• the degree of material resistance to both external atmospheric influences and probable acts of vandalism.
• expressiveness.
• originality of design (use in the design of trademarks, logos).

According to the presented parameters, metal plates are undoubted leaders - both in terms of the technological effectiveness of their production, and in terms of design possibilities.

Design

Front metal plates must meet the following conditions:

• The optimal ratio of the size of the plate in the plan. As it is established, products with a ratio of the sides which conforms to the generally accepted standard of the television image, i.e. 16: 9. Incidentally, by the way, tablets with an aspect ratio of 4: 3 excelled, and many firms that are distinguished by the underlined conservatism of their rules order plates of precisely such proportions.
• The thickness of the plate, as a rule, is not significant, and affects only the complexity of the installation, since it changes its mass.
• The color of the plate is crucial, which is associated not only with its aesthetic perception, but also with the profile of the enterprise / organization. It is no coincidence, for example, companies engaged in maritime or river transport order plates of predominantly turquoise tones, and firms - producers of vegetable oil - golden.
• Color and font selection. Contrasting to the filling background and easily readable font is an important component of the "friendliness" of the company to the client. At the same time, the swiftness and tendency toward advanced, and even avant-garde, decisions is determined by the lightness and inclination of the letters to the right, and stability and stability are emphasized by deliberate cumbersome and straightforward letters.

Production technology

Facade plates are made of copper and its alloys (brass, bronze), anodized aluminum and its alloys, as well as steel with various versions of electroplated coatings. The most commonly used nickel plating, chrome plating, oxidation, burnishing, sputtering with metal powders. Used for the manufacture of facade plates and stainless steel. As a result, metal plates compare favorably:

• increased mechanical strength;
• insensitive to moisture and solar radiation;
• durability;
• lack of temperature deformations.

Manufacturing features

The lightness of aluminum causes the widespread use of aluminum plates. In order for the finished product to have sufficient rigidity, usually metal of at least 2-3 mm thickness is used (if the plate is made by stamping sheet / strip aluminum), for cast plates - at least 7 mm (thinner plates of cast aluminum alloys, for example, AL and like them, do not differ in strength, and may have significant non-flatness).

With the increase in the thickness of the aluminum plate expands the possibilities for its design. For example, you can apply a deep engraving of the surface of the plate with the addition of the corresponding color filling in gold, silver, etc.

Copper plates are rarely used: this is due to the high cost of the product. But small plates of copper immediately indicate a high status. Signals from bronze and brass are much more common. Bronze, due to its high plasticity and fluidity, can be used for casting and stamping three-dimensional images and reliefs, which increases the efficiency of perception of such products. Brass plates after surface polishing also have very high aesthetic indicators, and, moreover, have increased durability in aggressive environments (for example, on the streets of large cities, where the concentration of exhaust gases is high).

Steel plates in most cases perform polished. In the case of the use of ductile low-carbon steels, it is possible to stamp volumetric reliefs, after which the product is subject to anti-corrosion treatment. Flat steel plates are usually made from blanks with a thickness of no more than 1.5–2 mm. For color variety, such plates are often encrusted with colored acrylic inserts.