Visionstar CA-12

The CA-12 is a rod for a planned wall. Optical practices laying out a frame wall by brand, sunglass retailers arranging polarised and fashion ranges by price band, and shopfitters working to a drawing can all treat each rod as one column in a grid. Customers scanning the wall move along a tier to compare like with like, or down a column to stay within one brand. Staff find a requested frame quickly, because every style has a fixed place.

Order on the wall supports security as well as selling. The British Retail Consortium's 2025 crime survey counted around 20 million thefts from UK retailers in a year, and an ordered display makes a missing frame obvious. The lock on each rod does the rest. Its cost is the wait for a key: 27% of more than 5,000 US shoppers surveyed by Numerator in 2024 said locked products would make them leave or switch retailer. A wall planned so staff can reach any rod quickly keeps that wait short.

The building sets the terms. In the UK, employers are responsible for secure fixtures under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, so wall type and fixings should be recorded for each centre line. Circulation and reach follow the Equality Act 2010 and the guidance in BS 8300-2, which argues for keeping the lowest tier within seated reach. Shopfitters and group property teams normally work from a fit-out specification. The conformity documentation those procurement routes require is issued by the manufacturer and shared by the enquiry team.

A wall that reads as a grid

Arms at matching heights form tiers across neighbouring rods. Customers can compare along a row or down a column.

One centre line per rod

Each rod fixes on a single vertical line. Setting out a wall becomes a matter of marking centres and two horizontal datums.

Fixings hidden behind the tube

The brackets sit behind the central tube in the series photographs. A dressed wall shows frames and arms, with little hardware on view.

Symmetry on both sides

Arms extend equally to left and right of the tube. A single rod looks balanced on a pier, and a run looks even from end to end.

Missing stock is easy to see

One frame to an arm means an empty arm stands out. Closing checks take a glance along each tier.

No services needed at the wall

The rod is unpowered, so the wall needs no cable route or socket. Rods can be added later without an electrician.

Simple to extend

Another column joins the grid by adding one more centre line at the same spacing. The pattern continues without redesign.

Cartons sized for a run

Ten rods per carton cover ten centre lines. One delivery can supply a whole run on the drawing.

Central tube

A slim tube runs the height of the rod, behind the frames.

Curved cross-arms

Arms extend both sides of the tube. Count, width and spacing for this code are in the written configuration.

Tipped arm ends

Series photographs show dark tips on the ends of each arm.

Lock housing near the foot

A catalogue close-up shows the housing on the tube with a key at its side.

Buffer

A cushioning part named in the series title and located in the fitting instructions.

Two brackets behind the tube

Round wall plates on two brackets hold the rod off the wall on its centre line.

C-tube series

The CA-12 is listed with the C-tube rods, catalogued with lock and buffer.

Unpowered

There is no lighting or wiring on the rod.

Ten rods per carton

The carton measures 1150 × 230 × 210 mm, about 0.056 m³.

Carton weight of 16 kg

The sheet gives 16 kg for the carton of ten.

Sleeved packing

Rods appear in individual sleeves in the catalogue's packing photograph.

Keys and finish

Keys supplied and the finish are named in the written configuration.

Fixings and instructions

Any fixings supplied are listed in the configuration, and the fitting instructions give bracket positions.

The CA-12 suits optical practices, sunglass retailers and shopfitters planning a wall as a grid, where each rod is a column and matching arms form tiers. Its case is how it uses the building: one centre line per rod, fixings behind the tube and a symmetrical span that makes a run look ordered. It does not suit piers narrower than the arm span, walls that cannot be set out level, or self-service ranges. Before ordering, settle the centre-line spacing from the arm span, the bracket datums, the wall construction at each line and the number of rods the drawing needs. Medigear.uk lists the CA-12 for business buyers worldwide and can arrange delivery, installation, commissioning, familiarisation and service cover. Ask the enquiry team for the arm span, the arm count and spacing, the bracket positions and the rod length before ordering.