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Kalamazoo Banner Works
LOOK TO US FOR YOUR CREATIVE DISPLAY NEEDS! Kalamazoo Banner Works
The most durable banners in the industry deserve the most durable hardware!
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Since 1984, BannerFlex® has been the leader and innovator for light pole banner brackets. Visit www.bannerflex.com to see all the models and all the supporting information and data. No other company supports you like Consort! And no other hardware supports your banners like BannerFlex. Through constant research and development we’ve introduced:
SPRING/SUMMER READY-TO-PRINT BANNER DESIGNS
1984 • Very first fiberglass-arm bracket 1988 • First adjustable and “canted” bracket 2003 • Revolutionary “Airow” bracket (maximum wind reduction) 2004 • Unique, “Metro®” bracket (specifically for “fluted” poles) 2018 • “RoundPro®” fiberglass arm for increased wind reduction on our standard hardware!
Dori Pole® Pennant System • Proven bird deterrant • Aids in reducing bird mess on docks • Easy to install
The first 12-year warranty, wind tunnel tested to 100 mph
Please see our revolutionary “Airow” bracket in the action video under “Resources” on BannerFlex.com.
Visit www.doripole.com to see all the pennant colors and mounting options. ®
Square-Pole Adapter
Digital Printing –
Imprint Area 16” x 6”
NEW DESIGNS & ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Square Pole Adapters, also known as Adapter Shims, are used on the back of the D3 and Metro Main Castings to �it odd-shaped �luted poles or allow more banding tension on �lat-faced square poles where the faces of the poles are 5” or larger in width. They are manufactured to �it our hardware cross-sections and are available individually or ordered already attached to our BannerFlex hardware. If a system is to be bolted to a square utility pole the Square Pole Adapter is not needed.
Beginning 2020, Consort has digital printers The illustrations here show the Square Pole Adapters in place behind the BannerFlex D3 Main Casting. You can see that this Adapter or shim pulls the Main Casting out and away from the square light pole and with amazing capabilities: allows the banding to put more tension or strength to secure the Main Casting more �irmly. With a square 1. Superb digital printing onthe vinyl light pole, widermedia the face the less tension is put onto a “banded” system. Without the Adapter, the Main casting will tend to slide or move a bit due to less tension provided by the banding. We have for exterior and interior banners. determined that for a �lat face of 5” or more, a Square Pole Adapter should be used. 2. State-of-the-art digital printing on all colors of Sunbrella® marine acrylic. 3. Flatbed digital printing on virtually all solid substrates, including glass & metals The most remarkable news about our new equipment is that we are no longer “screen” printing our Sunbrella marine acrylic banners! Our entire large-format screen ATTACHING printing facility THE SQUARE POLE ADAPTER (if not attached by factory) has been replaced by new technology that prints 1. Measure 2 5/8” from the top of the adapter and mark the hole in the ®. Prior to intense, vibrant inks onto Sunbrella center, measure from bottom and repeat. 2. Drill acrylic through the adapter at these marks using the 3/8” Drill Bit. this new technology, all our marine 3. Align the adapter with the bracket as shown below. Trace the holes onto banners were hand screen printed withof plastisol the back the bracket and drill using the 5/16” Drill Bit. 4 Create threads using the Hole-Tap and fasten the two parts with bolts inks, cured with big, hot dryers. No more! No more big, expensive screens that are required for every color and no more ink mixing! 2 5/8”
Necessary tools: 01/24 3/8” Drill bit 7/32” Drill bit 5/16” Hole-Tap Two 5/16”-18 - 3/4” Length bolts ®
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Square Pole Adapter Kalamazoo Banner Works is a division of Consort Display Group Call (800) 525-6424 Email sales@consort.com Write 2129 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
KALAMAZOO BANNER WORKS
CONSORT DISPLAY GROUP 2129 PORTAGE ST. KALAMAZOO, MI 49001 PH: 800.525.6424 FAX: 888.880.6341 www.consort.com info@consort.com
See our digital prints on Sunbrella Marine Acrylic Textiles and 22oz Blockout Vinyl
Street Pole Banners
