Channel letter manufacturers create eye-catching three-dimensional sign elements that draw customers in, using CNC machines designed for precision and efficiency.

Channel letters feature an aluminum back with welded seams and translucent plastic faces in any color or transparency level for customized looks.

The Face

Channel letter business signs spell your company name using various fonts and colors, often illuminated by neon or LED illumination for maximum attention-getting power. They’re especially great at drawing passersby in and making an impression.

Standard front-lit channel letters are constructed using aluminum backing and sides (returns), with translucent acrylic or polycarbonate faces for finishing touches. This form of signage has become extremely popular and can even be used for logos and other design elements.

Acrylic faces are attached to the return and can be secured using a trim cap border, creating an elegant appearance while increasing durability by preventing breakage or vibration caused by wind pressure.

Traditional manufacturing techniques allowed channel letter faces to be manufactured using metal trim caps; now however, advanced manufacturing technologies offer trimless face solutions, giving channel letters an elegant and more modern aesthetic while cutting costs by eliminating extra materials.

The Cap

Channel letters provide the ideal way of illuminating company names or logos in storefronts, shopping malls and busy roadways. Their depth, size and illumination makes them easily recognizable from a distance.

Channel letters are among the most widely used signs, with front-lit signs often featuring aluminum returns with polycarbonate or acrylic faces that illuminated by neon tubes or LEDs spelling out your business name.

Trim caps are used to secure acrylic faces in place. Made of durable plastic material, trim caps can be custom colored to complement the face or vinyl covering on your sign, using adhesive that dries like glue. Trimless versions feature no cap at all for an edgier, minimalist appearance while improvements in manufacturing allow for seamless finishes without gaps or seams, providing long-term durability as well as protecting from wind vibration and breakage.

The Returns

Returns, or the sides of your sign, are made out of router-cut aluminum sheeting that can be painted any color to meet any business branding need. Once assembled, these returns are then welded onto an aluminum back of the sign referred to as the “can”, whereupon polycarbonate or acrylic faces can be attached for front-lit channel letters which allow LED or neon lighting to illuminate each letter of your business name in front of an audience.

Illuminated channel letters are a popular choice for storefront signs and can come in various fonts, sizes, colors, and lighting configurations. When your lease agreement or local laws allow this form of signage, illuminated letters are an effective way to draw customers’ attention from a distance.

Faces may feature solid or translucent colors made of acrylic material. A trim cap may then be added to complete its appearance. Or if desired, opt for leaving out the face altogether and keeping aluminum returns open for an illuminated halo lit sign that lets light from behind shine through from within.

The Frame

Channel letters are custom fabricated metal sign components designed to emphasize your message with LED modules or non-illuminated. Available in various fonts, depths and colors to complement the look of your storefront, these signs offer versatile mounting solutions including raceway mounts.

Letters constructed from aluminum typically use computer numerical control routers and vector-based production files to cut their back. Their sides, known as returns, are formed by bending 3-6 inch wide strips of aluminum around their back using computerized bending and shaping machines.

Traditional channel letters use glue to secure their face to returns and caps, but new trends favor trimless channel letters instead of this method as it creates a sleeker, minimalistic appearance and reduces material costs by eliminating leftover acrylic pieces that would have been used to form caps. This also saves money because less acrylic pieces need be carved off for use as caps – eliminating material costs as a bonus!

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