Crumb Rubber Infill Alternatives
There are essentially these 4 types of infill:
weight and freight costs can vary due to distances from the originating quarry or source.
Infill materials are REQUIRED and help stabilize the surface fabrics across the "field", provide additional vertical blade stability; hold the blades up and enhance resiliency; and for fields, landscape and leisure sports, infill is essential to insure seam integrity and the elimination of wrinkles on the surfaces.
Tufting companies and their "system integrators/builders" that specify the tufting style, infill ratio and materials for your field, often have "formulas" that they have established to be able to warranty surface performance factors and to pass specific EPA, ASTM and sports authority standards and testing.
What you do with the turf, how long the blade is, how wide the lines of stitches are, what weather, grooming and use conditions are required will all have a bearing on the system's infill solution and amount of materials laid upon the surfaces.
Typical infill ratios can vary from 40 to 80% blade coverage and is normally measured (in the US) by pounds per SF.
Infill materials vary in color, size, quality, shape and mass.
Sources of silica, crumb rubber and other man-made infill materials should be able to provide material safety, handling and manufacturing information and specifications.
Infill materials differ in their abrasiveness which, if high, can effect the integrity of the yarn fibers, under traffic, over time.
To meet warranty specifications, many system integrators will insist that infill materials meet or exceed their surface materials specification or you will void your warranty.
Few infill materials, if any, carry any type of warranty, themselves.
The warranty typically supplied with your artificial grass system is for the turf surfaces and relates to the yarn fibers or blades and backing.
Your warranty should be provided to you, in writing and require your signature on a Notice of Completion or other document, verifying your satisfaction with the project's completion to your contract's specification.
Infill materials can often vary in quality - recycled crumb rubber materials should meet or exceed minimum specifications based on ASTM standards.
EPA, CWA, ADA and ASTM all recognize artificial turf systems as safe and effective - if you need information on recently published health and environmental impact safety studies - visit http://www.
asgi.
us/52.
htm for a wealth of further study ...
For more information on FIELDs and their installation, please check with these resources at http://www.
asgi.
us/60.
htm
- silica sand - "natural" silica sand - either "round" or sub-angular granules are used
- crumb rubber - "new (EPDM) and recycled (SBR) crumb rubber granules"
- coated granules - silica or glass pellets - either coated with acrylic or "new" rubber
- TPE - or polymer pellet infill - new infill materials made from durable polymers
weight and freight costs can vary due to distances from the originating quarry or source.
Infill materials are REQUIRED and help stabilize the surface fabrics across the "field", provide additional vertical blade stability; hold the blades up and enhance resiliency; and for fields, landscape and leisure sports, infill is essential to insure seam integrity and the elimination of wrinkles on the surfaces.
Tufting companies and their "system integrators/builders" that specify the tufting style, infill ratio and materials for your field, often have "formulas" that they have established to be able to warranty surface performance factors and to pass specific EPA, ASTM and sports authority standards and testing.
What you do with the turf, how long the blade is, how wide the lines of stitches are, what weather, grooming and use conditions are required will all have a bearing on the system's infill solution and amount of materials laid upon the surfaces.
Typical infill ratios can vary from 40 to 80% blade coverage and is normally measured (in the US) by pounds per SF.
Infill materials vary in color, size, quality, shape and mass.
Sources of silica, crumb rubber and other man-made infill materials should be able to provide material safety, handling and manufacturing information and specifications.
Infill materials differ in their abrasiveness which, if high, can effect the integrity of the yarn fibers, under traffic, over time.
To meet warranty specifications, many system integrators will insist that infill materials meet or exceed their surface materials specification or you will void your warranty.
Few infill materials, if any, carry any type of warranty, themselves.
The warranty typically supplied with your artificial grass system is for the turf surfaces and relates to the yarn fibers or blades and backing.
Your warranty should be provided to you, in writing and require your signature on a Notice of Completion or other document, verifying your satisfaction with the project's completion to your contract's specification.
Infill materials can often vary in quality - recycled crumb rubber materials should meet or exceed minimum specifications based on ASTM standards.
EPA, CWA, ADA and ASTM all recognize artificial turf systems as safe and effective - if you need information on recently published health and environmental impact safety studies - visit http://www.
asgi.
us/52.
htm for a wealth of further study ...
For more information on FIELDs and their installation, please check with these resources at http://www.
asgi.
us/60.
htm
