Monthly Archive: May 2009

How to lengthen the life of artificial lawns

Resource   ·   May 26, 2009

Artificial grass was born in 60th last century. And then it was coming to China during the middle of 90th last century. By now the artificial grass is overwhelming all kinds of sport fields, school playgrounds and gardens. But within all of these fields, after several years of using, some is still standing well, but [...]

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Miscellaneous   ·   May 26, 2009

Colorful Artificial Grass

Resource   ·   May 25, 2009

Maybe you in your mind grass is green, flowers is colorful. Have you ever seen blue, yellow or even multi-color grass? Here Faux-Grass.com supply you colorful fake grass. A sport field usually uses green artificial grass with white lines (Made by white artificial grass), sometimes yellow and blue. Sometimes you could see a fake grass [...]

Non-infill Artificial Grass and Infill Artificial Grass

Resource   ·   May 21, 2009

Infill Artificial Grass Choosing Infill artificial grass or non-infill artificial grass? This is a question that we are asked frequently. Which one is better? First of all, we should understand why using artificial grass infill such as recycled tire rubber granules and quartz sands. First, infill provides a structure for the artificial grass fibers, helping [...]

What’s the technical data mean?

Resource   ·   May 16, 2009

For those who are not familiar with artificial grass technology, they maybe a little confused when get a paper of product data sheet. There are so many numbers and professional glossaries. If you are not an original English speaker, you may never meet some of the words before. So, what does those technical data mean? [...]

How is Artificial Grass Made?

Resource   ·   May 15, 2009

The Manufacturing
Process The “grass” part of a turf system is made with the same tufting techniques used in the manufacture of carpets. 1. The first step is to blend the proprietary ingredients together in a hopper. Dyes and chemicals are added to give the artificial turf its traditional green color and to protect it from [...]

Shock Absorbency

FIFA   ·   May 14, 2009

PLAYER/SURFACE INTERACTION The characteristics of a surface that a football player needs to play the game fall into several categories: Shock Absorbency The surface can feel “hard” or “soft”. A hard surface can lead to injuries to the body by causing the joints (particularly ankles, knees, hips and spinal column) to compress which results in [...]

Durability and Climatic Resistance

FIFA   ·   May 14, 2009

3.2.1 Durability Abrasion Resistance The surface is artificially abraded (equivalent to five years of wear) and tested on the following: shock absorbency, vertical deformation, ball rebound, traction, angled ball behaviour. Joint Strength Measures the maximum force recorded to destroy the joints where they are sewn or joined with adhesive. 3.2.2  Climatic resistance UV / Water [...]

Quality Criteria

FIFA   ·   May 14, 2009

4.1 Quality Criteria There are three basic categories that define the overall performance of a synthetic surface suitable for the game of football. These may be broadly defined as: the reaction of a football on the surface (Ball/Surface Interaction) the reaction of a football player to the surface (Player/Surface interaction)  the resistance of the surface [...]

Testing for FIFA Certification

FIFA   ·   May 14, 2009

3. Testing for FIFA Certification 3.1 Test Procedures The FIFA Recommended Marks are only awarded to those artificial turf pitches which have passed a series of stringent laboratory and field tests. The marks will only be given to an installed pitch and not simply to the turf carpet. This is because the underlying base surface [...]

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