Features of Synthetic Turf for Sports Purposes

What is Artificial Turf?

Synthetic turf carpets, produced to make sports fields more functional, are also used in indoor and outdoor areas for decorative purposes. Preparing a suitable field for sports played on green surfaces such as football, rugby, tennis, golf... is difficult and laborious with natural grass, but very easy with artificial turf carpets. You can visit companies on their web pages for more information. Artificial turf is grass produced by machines, not by natural means. Artificial turf, a type of carpet woven on a tufting machine, is a product used for greening sports fields due to its easy maintenance. The pile height of the carpet, woven with green fibrillated or monofilament yarn, is determined according to the area of application. Carpets with pile heights such as 8, 10, 11, 15 mm for decorative purposes and artificial turf carpets with pile heights of 40, 45, 50, 60 mm for sports purposes can be used.

Synthetic Turf for Sports Purposes

Fibrillated and monofilament yarn can be used in the weaving of synthetic turf carpets to be used for designing sports fields. Sports federations have determined the standards for artificial turf carpets to be used on fields, and the applied carpet must possess these features. For football, pile heights of 40, 50, 55, 60 mm are considered suitable. For synthetic tennis courts, the pile height of the turf carpet can be 20, 22, 26, 30 mm. For golf courses, the pile height has been determined to be between 10 mm and 15 mm.