What is a Traffic Cone?

Traffic Cone is an essential device widely used in road construction, temporary control, accident scene warnings, and other scenarios. Its design focuses on high visibility, typically featuring a fluorescent orange/red body with high-brightness reflective film to ensure significant warning effects during both day and night. The Traffic Cone effectively guides traffic flow and ensures the safety of personnel and vehicles through its unique shape and color.

Traffic Cone Materials: PVC vs. Rubber

When it comes to material selection, Traffic Cones primarily offer PVC and rubber options, each with its unique characteristics and applicable scenarios.

PVC Material Traffic Cones:

• Advantages: PVC material is lightweight and flexible, making it easy to transport and deploy. Its UV resistance ensures that the Traffic Cone maintains good performance and appearance even after prolonged exposure to sunlight. It is suitable for a wide range of temperatures from -20°C to 60°C.
• Disadvantages: Compared to rubber material, PVC Traffic Cones may perform poorly in extreme low or high temperatures, with weaker anti-squeeze and anti-impact capabilities.

Rubber Material Traffic Cones:

• Advantages: Rubber material has excellent elasticity, anti-squeeze, and anti-impact performance, allowing the Traffic Cone to remain stable in low temperatures, high temperatures, strong winds, and other extreme environments. It can withstand a broader temperature range from -40°C to 80°C, making it suitable for more stringent environmental conditions.
• Disadvantages: Compared to PVC material, rubber Traffic Cones are heavier, which may make transportation and deployment less convenient.

Durability of Traffic Cones in Extreme Weather Conditions

In extreme weather conditions, rubber material Traffic Cones demonstrate greater durability. Their excellent elasticity, anti-squeeze, and anti-impact performance ensure that rubber Traffic Cones can remain stable and durable in low temperatures, high temperatures, strong winds, and other extreme environments. Rubber Traffic Cones can withstand a wider temperature range, making them suitable for busy traffic conditions and low-temperature environments, ensuring effective warning and protection even in extreme weather.

As an important device for road safety protection, the material selection of Traffic Cones needs to be comprehensively considered based on specific application scenarios and environmental conditions. PVC material Traffic Cones are suitable for normal temperature environments and general road construction scenarios, while rubber material Traffic Cones are more suitable for extreme weather conditions and busy traffic environments, ensuring reliable warning and protection in various situations.