All you need to know about
artificial grass
The terminology
How to choose artificial grass for your home
When purchasing artificial grass, many of our family customers only pay attention to the appearance and touch. In fact, we have professional parameters, which make it convenient to compare the quality and cost performance of products.
When choosing artificial grass products, clients are more strict for sports grass. Of course, home users don’t have to spend much effort studying the parameters due to different usage scenarios, but home users can refer to the following criteria.
The backing
The backing materials
The role of the backing is to ensure that the fibres stay where they have been tufted. This means they need to be anchored in place to provide the correct “tuft lock”. There are different systems to choose from – latex, PU or polyolefin. The latter is recyclable and porous throughout, whereas latex and PU require drainage holes to be punched through the backing. The backing also provides the playing surface with extra weight, for stability purposes.
PRT® stands for Permeable, Recyclable, Tuftlock. With good reason, too.
Permeable -The PRT® series has been specially designed with porous backing, allowing water to drain through the backing evenly and quickly – 5 times faster than previously. Regular products add drainage holes through the latex or PU coating, and these can easily become clogged, resulting in poor drainage and eventual infill contamination. The new PRT® series also prohibits weeds growing through the back and infill seeping through drainage holes.
Recyclable – The entire turf roll, including fibres and PRT® series backing can be easily lifted at end of life before being fully recycled.
Tuftlock – Special techniques, employed in the production of the PRT® series backing, ensure individual tufts bond better, creating improved tuftlock. As a result, the PRT® series is particularly suitable for intensive use, whilst also keeping its good looks for longer.
Standard artificial grass height
The Fibre specifications
The Function of the Fibre
In a synthetic football field of 8,000 sqm, there will be over 900,000,000 individual monofilament fibers, which will combine to create a grass like an appearance, perfect for the sport to be played on. Each fibre should have the ability to withstand wear from the impact of a player, be resilient and able to recover after being flattened and soft to a player’s skin when contact is made. Together the fibres will mimic the highest quality natural turf in performance and appearance but exceed it in usage and life expectancy.
Monofilament Fibre
There are many components that come together to create a top monofilament fibre, including the type of polymer used, the quality of the masterbatch (colour) and additional ingredients including UV inhibitors. The extrusion process that produces the yarn requires the latest technology and a committed and effective quality monitoring system. Once produced the yarn’s thickness (measured in microns), weight (measured as Dtex), width, shape and colour combination all play a key role in how it will eventually perform.
Fibrillated Tape
So far, we have looked at artificial grass surfaces using only one type of yarn, be it monofilament or fibrillated, but what happens if you combine yarns? There are three basic options: combine two or three different monofilament yarn shapes together, combine one monofilament yarn shape with fibrillated yarn, or add a texturised yarn (curly monofilament) to a monofilament yarn. Each adds something special and helps with fibre resilience, surface density, infill stability and product uniqueness.
The infill
Before and after results
