INSTALLATION AND BENEFITS OF THE XCESSORIES SQUARED KLEEN BREAK MODEL 425 BREAKAWAY SIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM
WHAT IS A BREAKAWAY SIGN SUPPORT? Breakaway Supports for signs placed alongside the road are designed to break or yield, within a maximum velocity change of 15.4 feet per second when struck by a vehicle, leaving no more than 4” of anchor stub above grade after impact. A good Breakaway Sign Support System even offers much more.
Frangible Breakaway Couplers These devices are designed to have a “weak link” such as a Shear Bolt or other feature. This “weak link” breaks instead of the sign post or anchor and is quickly repaired, often by one person.
KLEEN BREAK MODEL 425 BREAKAWAY SIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM BENEFITS Re-installation is fast and easy. Available in Surface Mount, Concrete Mount, and Soil Mount Assemblies. Has 360 degree indexing which allows for proper orientation of sign after the anchor is installed. Kleen Break currently works with 1-¾” and 2” Telespar7 Posts. FHWA accepted and already approved in several states. Low cost of Shear Bolt also means low cost of maintenance inventory. All parts of Kleen Break system are generally reusable except the Kleen Break Shear Bolt.
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INSTALLATION OF KLEEN BREAK A set of Installation Instructions will accompany each Kleen Break kit. Soil and Concrete Anchor Installation Instructions. Assembling the Kleen Break Coupler. Drivable Wedge Secures Sign Support to Kleen Break coupler.
Soil Mount
Concrete Mount
Surface Mount
REINSTALATION OF KLEEN BREAK Remove sign support locking wedge from top half of coupler using a hammer Remove both ends of broken shear bolt from both coupler halves. Reassemble using Installation procedure.
FHWA LETTER of ACCEPTANCE SS-131 “The results of testing met the FHWA velocity change and stub height requirements and therefore, the devices described above and shown in the enclosed drawings for reference are acceptable for use . . . “
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