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MBE Digital is no stranger to teamwork. It’s the foundation upon which the company is built. Owner Brian Rayner even eschews the title of “owner,” preferring instead to stress the importance of the employees who make projects like the one pictured here come together perfectly.
“All of the people who work here are trained and understand that this is their livelihood, and they treat everything they manufacture and install as if they were paying for it out of their own pocket, “ says Rayner. “There is no such thing as ‘we can’t do it,’ or ever letting a customer down. In the case of this project our four-day installation window was squashed down in a day and a half, so we used three 80-foot crane trucks and put more people on the job to make sure we got it done on time and did it right.”
The three graphics that ring the arena were installed in 54-in. x 46-ft. vertical strips from the top down and over the moldings. Each finished graphic is about 50 ft. x 46 ft. The panels were printed with the company’s three Mimaki JV3s on FLEXmark® V 400 F White V-327 Low Tack Vinyl.
As with all MBE Digital projects, and even though the typical viewing distance was relatively far away, the graphics were printed at 300 dpi. MBE is dedicated to printing graphics that look just as good from six inches away as they do from 600 feet.
Rayner estimates it took about 30 hours to print all of the images on the three Mimakis. After each panel was printed, and before lamination, the graphics were double-checked for color consistency and any variance that could alter the image from panel to panel. If it didn’t check out, it was re-printed. The panels were then numbered for installation and sent to the job site for the extra-fast installation.
MBE Digital also creates graphics for the Pac 10, such as these basketball floor graphics printed on FLEXmark® V 400 F White Opaque A-109 for Indoor Floor Surfaces.
“The graphic was up for about ten days. It held up perfect and came down just as easy because we bought it from LexJet and used the right substrate that doesn’t leave any residue. There was no adhesive residue whatsoever; the material we used was perfect,” says Rayner. “Nobody else has been allowed to install PSA vinyl on those windows like we have.”
MBE also used FLEXmark® V400 F White Opaque A-109 for Indoor Floor Surfaces on the inside of the building, as well as LexJet White Static Cling Vinyl for door windows and SEETHRU-SIGN® Perforated Window Vinyl for other windows.