Drop Core Bollard - Demountable Heavy Duty Bollard
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Drop core demountable steel bollard with removable core for controlled access. Available with polymer cover kits in multiple colours and reflective bands for high visibility in warehouse environments.
Application
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard is designed for environments where heavy-duty vehicle protection is required alongside the ability to temporarily remove the bollard to allow controlled vehicle or equipment access.
The removable bollard core system allows facilities to maintain structural protection while still permitting occasional vehicle movement, maintenance access or operational flexibility within warehouse and industrial environments.
Loading Bays and Warehouse Entrances
External loading doors and level-access loading bays are particularly vulnerable to accidental vehicle contact from reversing HGV trailers, forklifts and other material handling equipment.
The drop core bollard is commonly specified to:
- Protect warehouse loading door openings
- Prevent vehicle impact with building façades
- Protect dock levellers and loading infrastructure
- Provide visible protection for reversing HGV manoeuvres
- Allow temporary removal for oversized vehicle access
The reflective band improves visibility for drivers operating in low-light warehouse yards and loading areas.
Warehouse Traffic Management
In high-traffic warehouse environments, removable bollards allow facilities to manage vehicle access without permanently restricting movement. Typical warehouse applications include:
- Access points between warehouse zones
- Temporary vehicle restriction points
- Controlled entry routes within distribution centres
- Protection of operational walkways and working areas
- Warehouse traffic management layouts
The demountable design allows bollards to be removed when equipment movement or maintenance operations require additional access.
Infrastructure and Building Protection
Drop core bollards can be specified to protect structural elements and infrastructure from vehicle impact while allowing periodic access when required.
Common installations include:
- Building corners and structural columns
- Warehouse entrances and service doors
- Equipment protection zones
- Utility infrastructure protection
- Plant room access points
The heavy-duty steel bollard core provides durable impact protection while the polymer cover kit improves visibility and reduces maintenance requirements.
Fire Escape and Safety Zoning
Colour-coded bollard cover kits allow facilities to align installations with site safety markings and operational zoning.
Typical applications include:
- Fire escape routes identified using Green / White bollards
- High warning zones marked with Red / White bollards
- General caution areas using Black / Yellow or Yellow / Black bollards
These colour-coded options allow bollards to support broader workplace safety strategies while maintaining clear visual identification for drivers and pedestrians.
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard provides a practical and adaptable protection solution for warehouse, logistics and industrial environments where vehicle impact protection and temporary access flexibility are both required.
Description
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard is a heavy-duty removable steel bollard system designed to provide flexible vehicle impact protection within warehouse, logistics and industrial environments.
The bollard incorporates a cast-in steel floor socket and removable steel bollard core, allowing the bollard to be lifted out when temporary access is required and reinstalled when protection is needed. This demountable configuration provides a practical solution for locations that require both controlled vehicle access and infrastructure protection.
Manufactured from mild steel and finished with a UV stabilised linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) polymer cover kit, the bollard combines structural strength with high visibility and low-maintenance performance. The polymer cover kit eliminates the need for repainting while maintaining clear visual identification within operational environments.
Drop core bollards are commonly specified in areas where permanent protection may need to be temporarily removed to allow vehicle access, maintenance operations or equipment movement.
Material and Construction
- Manufactured from mild steel
- UV stabilised linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) polymer cover kit
- Hot dip galvanised finish to BS EN ISO 1461
- Cast-in steel floor socket installation system
- Removable demountable bollard core
- 50 mm reflective silver band for increased visibility
The galvanised steel core provides structural strength while the polymer cover kit provides corrosion protection, colour identification and reduced maintenance requirements.
The polymer cover kit also protects the steel bollard core from weathering and surface damage while maintaining high visibility within industrial environments.
Installation and System Design
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard is installed using a diamond core drilled installation method, allowing the steel floor socket to be securely cast into the existing concrete slab.
Installation features include:
- Diamond core drilled floor installation
- Cast-in steel floor socket for superior structural strength
- Removable bollard core for temporary access
- Reduced installation disruption compared with potted bollards
- No requirement for full excavation during installation
The demountable design eliminates the need for traditional excavation and casting associated with permanent potted bollard installations, making it suitable for installation within existing operational facilities.
Bollard Dimensions and Options
Two heavy-duty bollard options are available to suit different protection requirements.
Heavy Duty Bollard
- Height: 1260 mm
- Steel core diameter: 168 mm
- Overall diameter with cover: 210 mm
Super Duty Bollard
- Height: 1560 mm
- Steel core diameter: 219 mm
- Overall diameter with cover: 260 mm
Installation Socket
- Socket depth: 200 mm
- Socket diameter: 200 mm
The larger super-duty option provides increased visual presence and protection in areas exposed to larger vehicles or heavier operational traffic.
Visibility and Colour Identification
The bollard incorporates a 50 mm reflective silver band, improving visibility for vehicle operators during low-light and night-time operations.
Multiple colour combinations allow facilities managers to align bollard installations with site safety markings and traffic management strategies.
Standard colour options include:
- Green / White – Fire escape routes
- Red / White – High warning areas
- Black / Yellow – Caution zones
- Yellow / Black – Caution zones
- Yellow – General high-visibility protection
The colour options help reinforce safety zoning and vehicle awareness within warehouse and industrial environments.
Functional Benefits
- Removable demountable bollard system
- Allows controlled vehicle access when required
- Cast-in steel socket provides strong structural fixing
- Heavy-duty galvanised steel bollard core
- High visibility polymer cover kit
- Reflective band improves night-time visibility
- Eliminates repainting and reduces maintenance
- Faster installation compared with traditional potted bollards
- Suitable for indoor and outdoor industrial environments
Typical Applications
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard is commonly specified in locations where both vehicle protection and temporary access are required.
Typical applications include:
- External level-access loading doors
- Warehouse vehicle access points
- Distribution centre loading bays
- Service yard entrances
- Industrial building entrances
- Maintenance access points
- Emergency access routes
- Temporary vehicle control points
The removable bollard design allows facilities to maintain protection of infrastructure while still enabling controlled vehicle access when required.
Operational Integration
Within warehouse and industrial safety layouts, demountable bollards provide flexible infrastructure protection where access control and impact protection must coexist.
The system supports:
- Controlled vehicle access management
- Protection of building entrances and loading doors
- Protection of infrastructure and equipment
- Safety zoning within industrial environments
The Demountable Drop Core Bollard provides a durable and adaptable vehicle protection solution for operational environments where removable impact protection is required.
General information
Color | Green White Red Yellow Black |
Finish | Reflective |
Material | Polymer Steel Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) Polyethylene |
Shape | Other |
Length | 210 mm |
Width | 210 mm |
Height | 1260 mm |
Uniclass | |
CAWS | Q50/31 Bollards Q50/190 Bollards |
Specification data - Carbon steel bollards
Classification data | |
Duty | Heavy. |
Dimensions | |
Size and profile | 210 x 1260 mm. Guidance for specification option: Heavy Duty 260 x 1560 mm. Guidance for specification option: Super Duty |
Height | Manufacturer guidance≥1260 mm. Insert requirements. |
Length below ground | 200 mm. |
Post top | Rounded. |
Post base | Flat. |
Finishes | |
Colour | Red and white. Yellow and black. Green and white. |
Accessories | Retro-reflective tape. |
Installation | 200 mm diameter diamond core. Guidance for specification option: Heavy Duty 250 mm diamond core (200 mm deep). Guidance for specification option: Super Duty |
Sustainability data
Contains Red List materials | No |
Country of material origin | United Kingdom |
Country of product manufacture | United Kingdom |
Material | Polymer Steel Linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) Polyethylene |
Recyclability | 100% |
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Literature
Demountable Drop Core Heavy Duty Bollard - Brandsafe Spec Sheet
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