Artificial fibers are sometimes used to create a natural looking grass surface. This synthetic grass has most often been used in areas for sports that either traditionally played on grasses, or still currently do. Lately, however, these artificial surfaces have been used for residential homes and commercial landscapes as well.
This surface can withstand quite a lot of wear and pressure. It also doesn't need any regular trimming or watering to maintain its look. Sports arenas love this surface because they aren't able to get sunlight to all areas of natural grass even if they wanted to. The surface does have negative factors, though. It has sparked some health and safety concerns due to its toxic chemicals and petroleum ingredients. It also requires a specific procedure of cleaning periodically, and does not have a long shelf life.
This type of surface is produced with a mixture of plastic granules and other additives like coloring agents and UV stabilizers. These ingredients are then heated and pressed together, then pressured through an extruder head. This procedure creates individual fibers, and the shapes of them depend on the specific extruder head. Usually, the two types of fibers end up being fibrillated or monofilament.
A thin film of plastic is placed inside through the extruder head when creating fibrillated fibers, similar to that of a videotape. In order to achieve a honeycomb structure when the film is pulled apart, the plastic is pierced in notches, and then spun around until it is round in shape. Fibrillated fibers are great because they are less costly, which is why a lot of sports venues choose to use them. The one downside might be that they aren't realistic looking initially, and it takes quite a while for the notches to spread further apart for the fibers to start looking natural.
Monofilament fibers are pushed through extruder heads like ready-to-use blades, somewhat like spaghetti. The blades are combined together and coiled around each other to create bundles of grass piles. Monofilaments look a lot more natural than fibrillated fibers; and show more flexibility, softness, and wear resistance.
The ingredient mixture ultimately depends on the supplier and product version, and decides the quality of the resulting product. The individual fibers are then reinforced in to blades. Then, they are made to resist strong wear and temperatures between -50 and 50 Celsius. The finished fibers are wrapped around large bobbins, or spools, and sent to the surface manufacturers.
The spools are put on machines four meters wide, and pushed through backings with needles. This is called tufting, and is quite similar to a standard sewing machine. The fiber, fiber height, needle distance, etc. All determine how the resulting turf surface will look like and how it will be used.
In order to keep these fibers in place, a liquid mixture is poured on the backing and hardened in the oven. After this, the product is finally finished. It is then sent out for sale or installation.
This surface can withstand quite a lot of wear and pressure. It also doesn't need any regular trimming or watering to maintain its look. Sports arenas love this surface because they aren't able to get sunlight to all areas of natural grass even if they wanted to. The surface does have negative factors, though. It has sparked some health and safety concerns due to its toxic chemicals and petroleum ingredients. It also requires a specific procedure of cleaning periodically, and does not have a long shelf life.
This type of surface is produced with a mixture of plastic granules and other additives like coloring agents and UV stabilizers. These ingredients are then heated and pressed together, then pressured through an extruder head. This procedure creates individual fibers, and the shapes of them depend on the specific extruder head. Usually, the two types of fibers end up being fibrillated or monofilament.
A thin film of plastic is placed inside through the extruder head when creating fibrillated fibers, similar to that of a videotape. In order to achieve a honeycomb structure when the film is pulled apart, the plastic is pierced in notches, and then spun around until it is round in shape. Fibrillated fibers are great because they are less costly, which is why a lot of sports venues choose to use them. The one downside might be that they aren't realistic looking initially, and it takes quite a while for the notches to spread further apart for the fibers to start looking natural.
Monofilament fibers are pushed through extruder heads like ready-to-use blades, somewhat like spaghetti. The blades are combined together and coiled around each other to create bundles of grass piles. Monofilaments look a lot more natural than fibrillated fibers; and show more flexibility, softness, and wear resistance.
The ingredient mixture ultimately depends on the supplier and product version, and decides the quality of the resulting product. The individual fibers are then reinforced in to blades. Then, they are made to resist strong wear and temperatures between -50 and 50 Celsius. The finished fibers are wrapped around large bobbins, or spools, and sent to the surface manufacturers.
The spools are put on machines four meters wide, and pushed through backings with needles. This is called tufting, and is quite similar to a standard sewing machine. The fiber, fiber height, needle distance, etc. All determine how the resulting turf surface will look like and how it will be used.
In order to keep these fibers in place, a liquid mixture is poured on the backing and hardened in the oven. After this, the product is finally finished. It is then sent out for sale or installation.
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