"A visual workplace is a productive and safe workplace"
Clearly marked zones are essential to safe and efficient workspaces. Whether it’s hospitals, warehouses, or the factory floor, markings need to be updatable without shutting down operations but also clear with no peeling or fading. The 3M marking tapes range offers industrial marking solutions which are fast, flexible, and durable with the power to customize your layout at any time.
Why use tape for floor marking?
Compared to paint, modern tape solutions offer significant advantages which support everyday operations, safety and compliance, and offer the flexibility to make changes without masking, waiting for paint to dry, or messy removal. Other benefits of marking tape include:
- No downtime, apply in minutes
- Clean removal
- High visibility colours that stay bright
- No spills or clean up
- No liquid chemicals, masking, or fumes
- Easily mark straight and curved lines
- Durable adhesion
- Reduced labour and maintenance
- No lifting or curling
- Resists fading and wear
- Multiple colours, patterns and widths available
Where is marking tape used?
Marking tapes are available in a range of colours and patterns, helping to clearly designate areas such as pathways, equipment zones and hazards. Keeping colours consistent helps reduce errors and keeps workers and customers safer.
Key areas for using industrial marking tape include:
- Loading docks
- Aisles and walkways
- Pipe markings
- Fire extinguishers and First Aid
- Product inspection areas
- Caution areas
- Equipment storage
- Traffic lanes
- Different material spaces
- Manufacturing areas
- Different work zones
3M Industrial Marking Tapes Range
3M Safety Stripe Tape 766 - conformable vinyl tape for cured and irregular surfaces, ideal for non-critical applications and marking out hazards in light traffic areas.
3M Hazard Warning Tape 767 - Striped vinyl tape for marking hazardous areas and preventing accidents, ideal for marking of equipment pinch points or gears for warning purposes and floor marking in light traffic areas.
3M Viny Tape 471 - Highly visible and versatile marking tape for marking aisles and walkways, hazards, and colour coding in everyday medium traffic areas.
3M General Purpose Vinyl Tape 764 - Flexible marking tape for safety marking applications, colour coding, and temporarily marking equipment in light traffic areas.
3M Durable Floor Marking Tape 971- Durable tape, ideal for manufacturing applications and for heavy and high traffic areas with tough conditions from pallets and heavy equipment.
