Roanrail 2 hospital cubicle curtain track

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Artist/Maker	Roanoid Ltd (manufacturers) Burns, Bernard (designers)
Place of origin	Great Britain (designed)

Roanrail 2 was designed by Bernard Burns and made by Roanoid Ltd. of Paisley. The system was designed to be flexible to accommodate any arrangement of cubicles in a hospital ward and incorporated a siliconised track for silent running. It won a Design Council Award in 1969. The company were involved with the development of early plastics with their material, 'Roanoid', a plastic made from urea formaldehyde produced in 1923. Roanoid Plastics Ltd specialised in trade mouldings, and provided the ocean liner 'Queen Mary' with toilet fittings and handrails in 1936.

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Categories	Design Council Award Winner Product Design
Object type	Curtain tracks
Title	Roanrail 2 hospital cubicle curtain track (generic title)
Materials and techniques	anodised aluminium with nylon and ABS plastic mouldings. Aluminium Nylon Plastic Moulding
Brief description	Roanrail 2 hospital cubicle curtain track, designed by Bernard Burns, manufactured by Roanoid Ltd.
Physical description	Roanrail 2 hospital cubicle curtain track, anodised aluminium rail with nylon runners and ABS plastic mouldings.
Object history	Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1969.
Subject depicted	Hospitals
Summary	Roanrail 2 was designed by Bernard Burns and made by Roanoid Ltd. of Paisley. The system was designed to be flexible to accommodate any arrangement of cubicles in a hospital ward and incorporated a siliconised track for silent running. It won a Design Council Award in 1969. The company were involved with the development of early plastics with their material, 'Roanoid', a plastic made from urea formaldehyde produced in 1923. Roanoid Plastics Ltd specialised in trade mouldings, and provided the ocean liner 'Queen Mary' with toilet fittings and handrails in 1936.
Collection	Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number	CIRC.712-1969

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Record created	April 27, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194640/roanrail-2-hospital-cubicle-curtain-curtain-tracks-burns-bernard/

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