February 2015

Bedford Technology’s recycled plastic lumber products are used frequently in the Parks & Recreation departments across the country. This blog explores Signage options within the parks industry.

The parks and recreation industry calls for strong, durable plastic lumber products that will last and take a beating, but be easy to clean. They also need lumber products resistant to graffiti and that are splinter free.  We have seen many instances where our plastic lumber products are replacing contemporary wood for various signage throughout parks. Signage is a great application where plastic lumber can be used as an alternative to wood. Plastic lumber will not rot or decay, is insect and weather resistant and any sign can have epoxy lettering or indicators for long life and easy viewing. Plastic lumber also comes in many colors to match your parks color scheme. Bedford Technology proudly supplies a “green” solution in the form of recycled plastic lumber to parks all across the U.S. for use in a variety of applications.

Our SELECTFORCE® and FIBERFORCE® Hard Tool products have a foamed core end-cut appearance, textured surface finish and comes in a variety of colors, making it more useful in commercial playground equipment, park and recreation applications, signage, boardwalks, decks, piers, parking curbs, landscaping boards and any harsh weather environment application. SELECTFORCE® and FIBERFORCE® Hard Tool Plastic Lumber looks great and is long lasting and resistant to: rotting, splintering, water damage, termites (pests), etc.  SELECTFORCE® and FIBERFORCE® plastic lumber also doesn’t require painting and are very low maintenance (compared with traditional wood.)  SELECTFORCE® and FIBERFORCE® Hard Tool products are a high quality, carpenter friendly product that can be drilled, sawn, cut, routed and worked just as wood lumber.

Bedford Technology’s SELECTFORCE® and FIBERFORCE® recycled HDPE plastic lumber serves as a replacement to traditional parts made from injection molding, rotational molding, vacuum forming, aluminum extrusion, lumber profiles and wood profiles. Bedford Technology can also design a plastic lumber product to suit your specific application, including custom molded products (ie: pipe supports, bench frame shapes, lids). Contact us today at (800)721-9037 and talk with one of our knowledgeable sales representatives. Visit us online at www.bedfordtech.comand sign up for our email list, “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bedfordtechnologyor follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/plasticboards.

Bedford Technology not only produces some of the finest HDPE recycled plastic lumber products available in the market, Bedford also has the capability of performing secondary work on all of their lumber profiles.  This secondary work gives Bedford Technology the opportunity to add value and help their end customer save time and money by performing some of the necessary, but time consuming aspects of wood finishing.

These secondary work processes that Bedford Technology can offer include the following: cutting, drilling, counter boring, embossing (knurling), CNC work, routing, engraving (epoxy), chamfered edging, plateau top, groove and groove in boards, light assembly as well as others. All of this secondary work is performed by Bedford Technology’s skilled and experienced machine operators at our facility located in Worthington, Minnesota.

Bedford Technology is a unique company that offers three distinct plastic lumber manufacturing techniques: Molded (Hard Tool), Continuous Extrusion (CE) and Multi Stage Extrusion (Multi-X). Within these very unique processes Bedford also has a wide range of brands that include: SelectForce®, FiberForce®, BarForce®, SeaPile®, SeaTimber® andSeaCamel®. Each of these exclusive brands offer an alternative solution to standard wood lumber profiles in the marketplace today. Bedford Technology has the plastic lumber solution for your project or application and the secondary work to finish it off right!  Give Bedford Technology a call or visit their website today and experience the Bedford difference!

Bedford Technology’s plastic lumber serves as a replacement to traditional wood profiles, wood piles, concrete piles, steel piles and hollow piles (fiberglass). Bedford Technology can also design a custom plastic lumber product to suit your specific application, so contact Bedford Technology today at (800) 721-9037 and talk with one of our knowledgeable sales representatives. Visit Bedford Technology online at www.plasticboards.com, “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bedfordtechnology or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/plasticboards.

Bedford Technology is proud to offer three uniquely distinct plastic board manufacturing techniques: Molded (Hard Tool), Continuous Extrusion (CE) and Multi Stage Extrusion (Multi-X). Multiple Stage Extrusion (Multi-X) is a process used to produce recycled plastic lumber products in our SeaPile®, SeaTimber® and SeaCamel® marine lines. For more information about our Multi-X process, please refer to our blog at: http://www.plasticboards.com/blog/recycled-plastic-lumber-manufacturing-processes-multiple-stage-extrusion-mu/.  In this blog, we will cover a variety of applications and end product uses for our Multi-X lines.

Our Multiple Stage Extrusion (Multi-X) technology produces advanced composite plastics with superior properties to timber, steel and concrete for many marine structures and heavy applications. Multi-X products can also withstand heavy impacts by absorption of energy through recoverable deflection. Multi-X is also manufactured from a recycled plastic matrix with unique glass fiber reinforcement bars. The stiffness of our product can be varied and controlled to suit each project. This makes Multi-X the ideal product for marine structures and for coastal protection without damaging the environment. Multi-X recycled HDPE plastic lumber is utilized for large cross sections, at long lengths (up to 100’ or more) to be used in structural applications. This would include, but is not limited only to, many marine applications such as: dock & bridge pier fender systems, camels, backing beams/wharf logs, navigation aids and markers, guide walls, retaining walls, locks, corner fenders, bullrails, wales and dolphin clusters. Over the last decade we have seen the demand for recycled plastic lumber grow based on the industries need for a long lasting and durable product. Our product lines (SeaPile®, SeaTimber®, BarForce®, FiberForce®) meet these needs in the marine environment, being that they are resistant to: marine borers, extreme marine environments and the effects of ultraviolet light.

Mulit-X is a unique plastic lumber product allowing flexibility in meeting the needs of many industries. We see the potential for industrial and transportation applications in the near future which might include: transportation posts, fortress pilings, pedestrian bridges, railroad bridges, foundation piles, utility poles, billboards and signage posts.  At Bedford Technology we are saying “Why Not?” to many new and exciting ideas for our products.  If it is near water and the elements, it can be replaced by high quality HDPE recycled plastic lumber.

Bedford Technology’s plastic lumber serves as a replacement to traditional wood profiles, wood piles, concrete piles, steel piles and hollow piles (fiberglass). Bedford Technology can also design a custom plastic lumber product to suit your specific application, so contact us today at (800) 721-9037 and talk with one of our knowledgeable sales representatives. Visit us online at www.plasticboards.com, “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bedfordtechnology or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/plasticboards.