Artificial Sports Turf - Business

About Artificial Turf

Synthetic materials are used to manufacture artificial turf, which are substitutes of natural grass. It is use for making excellent stadium surfaces for playing sports (especially hockey and soccer). Artificial turf also being used in indoors or outdoors for landscaping. Turf has no straight unsafe effects to pets or kids. It is also seen from several studies that the turfs have a lesser injury rate than grassland on playgrounds.

Characteristics of Artificial turf

The artificial turf structure consists of different layers

The pile fibers Backing cloth, Shock absorbing layer and The supporting base

1. Pile Fiber - The grass like piles are non-harsh and soft to feel. The artificial grass is prepared of either the polyamide nylon/nylon 6.6 or PP/PE, which is custom extruded into a monofilament ribbon shape. The pile fiber has to permit for even ball roll and bounce, it should support non-directional foot grip, allow for water permeability and should have the correct stability of strength, elasticity and stiffness to resist the wear and tear of normal usage.

2. Backing Fabric It is the fabric to which surface fibers are attached to form the base of the artificial turf. It also gives the support to permit water to flow through the fabric readily.

3. Shock-Absorbing Foam The purpose of foam is to provide cushioning to athletes during running or falling. The foam is prepared of a closed-cell polymer alloy like polyurethane, usually 1/2 inch in height and perforated for straight down drainage.

4. Supporting Base - It supports the weight positioned on the whole structure, in general it is a 2-feet or 3-feet layer of asphalt or concrete.

Artificial turfs performance depends on its installation and maintenance.

A high-quality sub-base is very essential for ground installations.

The life of turf is usually at least a decade and requires no cutting, watering or fertilization.

Flatbed Raschel machine knits the pile fibers directly into the backing knitting machines. This machine is between 4.5 m to 5 m broad.

The stitching threads, which are used for turf, should have high-strength, weather resistant pigmented to exactly match the color of the turf.

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