They are made of multiple different materials, including PVC and vinyl, and vary in thickness from 5-mils to 55-mils for a wide range of durability options for manufacturing facility floor marking.
Floor marking tapes can also be useful for helping workers put materials and equipment back in the right place, making it a key 5S, Lean manufacturing implementation tools.
1910.176(a) and 1910.22(b)(2), requires when mechanical handling equipment, such as forklifts and Powered industrial trucks are used, that permanent aisles and passageways must be marked.
[7] The agency also indicated that any color could be used and that the line could be continuous or formed by a series of dots, squares, stripes, as long as it was clear it defined an aisle area.
[7] A 1978 interpretation further clarified that other means of marking an aisle, such as traffic cones or flags, in environments where painted lines were impractical, was also acceptable.
Tapes are much faster and easier to install and replace, which dramatically reduces down times related to painting aisles and rails.