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Safety mirrors: How to find the right model for your business

If a company premises, warehouse, or other industrial building is used by cars or trucks, appropriate safety mirrors are a simple and efficient way to help improve safety and security, particularly where blind bends or tight corners are involved.

Whether as a ceiling mirror, observation mirror or forklift mirror, when mounted in the right place, traffic mirrors offer vehicle drivers a much-improved view of oncoming traffic and the opportunity to identify potential dangers at an earlier stage. For this purpose, most road safety mirrors are designed in a convex shape to provide a wide viewing angle, making hard-to-see junctions and corners clearer.

At Jungheinrich PROFISHOP, you can buy traffic safety mirrors, as well as domed mirrors for a range of indoor and outdoor uses including driveway safety mirrors, 360-degree visibility, and surveillance mirrors for offices and reception rooms.

Please note: No permit is required for the installation of an industrial mirror on private property – such as on company premises.

1. Select safety mirrors by type

In companies that import and export a lot of materials or goods, industrial trucks often share roads and footpaths with other vehicles such as stacker trucks and private cars, as well as crossing pedestrians.

This requires strict coordination of traffic routes and clear visibility at all times. To this end, any permanent and temporary buildings, as well as onsite operating equipment must be considered: Machines or storage containers can hugely impair the sightlines of outdoor areas, while heavy-duty racks and narrow passageways can restrict visibility indoors.

The installation of safety mirrors is often not only sensible but can also be necessary in the context of occupational safety and accident protection. Dome mirrors can be mounted directly to the wall, on heavy-duty shelving or suspended from the ceiling, depending on the needs and constraints of a particular space. The versatility of these mirrors can provide an ideal, needs-based overview of every traffic situation. For additional visibility, we also offer warehouse and road mirrors with black and yellow safety trim.

Our range of safety mirrors at a glance:

Safety mirror type Properties Application
360° viewing mirrors PANORAMA all-round vision mirror
  • 360° viewing angle
  • Made of sturdy and impact-resistant acrylic glass
  • Material allows for distortion-free vision
  • Designed for ceiling mounting
  • Available in different diameters
  • Improved indoor visibility, particularly involving forklift traffic
  • Also suitable for observing parallel traffic
  • For all areas in which all-round visibility is necessary
Traffic mirrors EUCRYL industrial mirror
  • Round, semicircular or rectangular
  • For post or wall mounting
  • Available with and without articulated arm
  • Different diameters available
  • Depending on the model, made from RMMA and acrylic or safety glass
  • Distortion-free
  • Models with RA2 reflectors can be ordered
  • Forklift mounting models also available
  • Industrial mirrors for traffic safety in indoor and (protected) outdoor areas
  • For production monitoring
  • Suitable for theft monitoring
  • Up to 90° viewing angle
Wide-angle mirrors wide-angle mirror DETEKTIVE, magnetic holder
  • Made of impact- or shock-resistant acrylic glass or unbreakable polymer glass
  • Wide-angle view up to 180°
  • Distortion-free
  • Also available as combination mirrors (wide-angle and room mirrors)
  • Observation mirror in sales and production rooms
  • Ideal for observing larger rooms
  • Theft monitoring
Spatial mirrors INDOOR wide-angle mirror
  • Made of sturdy PMMA and acrylic or polymer glass
  • Available with different diameters
  • Also available with a wide-angle view
  • Ideal for control and observation on production lines
  • Salesroom monitoring

2. Traffic mirrors: to install indoors or outdoors?

If you want to install a traffic mirror outdoors, a model with special material properties such as extra durability or weather resistance may be necessary. However, all our industrial safety mirrors are suitable for indoor installation. The acrylic glass of most models, which is 70% more impact-resistant than conventional glass, is scratch-resistant and allows for a clear and distortion-free view. In areas protected from wind and adverse weather, or with a suitable canopy, interior safety mirrors can also be used outdoors.

Traffic mirrors, which are only suitable and approved for outdoor use, are characterized by high weather resistance and are also resistant to UV radiation. This is achieved through a special coating made of UV-stable acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). This coating also protects against fogging or icing, as well as ensuring high impact resistance.

All this means that these industrial mirrors are suitable for gravel driveways or roads where impact from small stones is likely. Vandal-proof design and high-quality workmanship guarantee that our safety mirrors remain safe and secure for a long time.

3. Buy safety mirrors with the appropriate observer distance and curvature angle

SPION wide-angle mirror

In the Jungheinrich PROFISHOP range, safety mirrors are available with an observer distance of 1 m to 27 m and a viewing angle of either 90°, 180° or 360°. In general, the following applies:

  • Observation distance: The mirror diameter should be adjusted to the distance separating the observer from the mirror. The smaller the mirror, the shorter the observer distance. If you want to be able to see a larger room area, a model with a larger diameter is required.
  • Curvature angle: In addition to the observer distance, the curvature of the mirror surface also determines the number of directions that can be observed simultaneously (90° = two directions, 180° = three directions, or 360° = four directions).

4. Accessories for industrial mirrors

All our industrial safety mirror models are provided alongside the appropriate mounting accessories. Additional accessories are also available, depending on your specific needs:

  • Wall arms in different designs
  • Fork attachments and adjustable brackets for traffic mirrors
  • Mounting kits for ceiling-mounted mirrors
  • Ceiling posts


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