Astroturf combines nylon and PE in one fibre |
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| Guy Oldenkotte,
dinsdag 6 februari 2018 |
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Astroturf has managed to blend polyehtylene (PE) and nylon into a single fibre thereby introducing a fibre that is less abrasive and more resilient.
From the industry's earliest inception until the 1990s, nylon was used nearly across the board for its superior resilience and strength. The fibre was perfectly suitable for artificial grass hockey surfaces but turned out to be not a solution for artificial grass football- and rugby pitches. Nylon was deemed being to abrasive. Polyethylene turned out to be a good alternative in terms of abrasiveness but lacked the strength previously shown by nylon fibres. That made the sports governing bodies like FIFA decide to only accept artificial grass pitches with a layer of infill as a FIFA Quality or FIFA Quality Pro surface. To date non-infill are still not allowed.
PE and nylon do not mix, hence the difficulty for companies to combine the individual strengths. Astroturf now claims it has managed to do so. The company's president, Troy Squires, believes this will tip the balance in the artificial grass industry back towards the company that set the standard initially. 'We believe this is a real game changer in terms of field performance and wear resistance. After all, it's all about performance.'
Astroturf has submitted the fibre to extensive wear and tear tests. 'Accelerated wear tests show that Bionic performs as well at 150,000 cycles as even AstroTurf's own High Micron monofilament fibres at 100,000 cycles. Polyethylene fibres, regardless of how they are made, or how they may be combined, do not compare to the strength, resilience and durability of a molecularly fused Nylon and Polyethylene fibre,' the company claims.
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