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EVERPLAY sets a New First Testing to ASTM F3351
Volume 22, Issue 1 January 2020
ASTM F3351-20 Standard Test Method for Playground Surface Impact Testing in Laboratory at Specified Height is the latest testing from ASTM that allows owners to request surfaces that perform better than the ASTM F1292 “critical height” and failure.
DOWNLOAD PDFMeasuring Infill and System Depth with a 3 Prong Gauge
Volume 9, Issue 1 April 2019
Infilled synthetic turf systems are typically termed the 3rd generation of synthetic turf and accepted by North American Footfall in the 1990s and Football (soccer) such as UEFA in 2002 as “nearly equivalent to natural turf” for play.
DOWNLOAD PDFRisk assessment for sports, recreational facilities and equipment
ISO / WD 22618.3:2019
The hazard identification and risk assessment approach provides significant advantages to the 179 development of new play, recreation and sport environments when used by designers, manufacturers, 180 installers, owner/operators and maintainers to assess the risks that could lead to harm to persons.
DOWNLOAD PDFProtective Surfacing Purpose and History
Volume 21, Issue 1 January 2018
Since the dawn of human history there has been the joy of play and for the longest time elevated places to see beyond the horizon were atisfied in climbing hills or trees. Only well after the beginnings of the industrial revolution did manufactured play structures arrive raising the user directly above the ground.
DOWNLOAD PDFTurf Standards for Head Injury
Volume 8, Issue 1 April 2017
The issue of prevention of injury, primarily head inju-ries, has been a concern of manufacturers, designers, owners and users of synthetic turf fields. For more than 45 years impact attenuation has been measured through the use of ASTM F355, Procedure A.
DOWNLOAD PDFTime to Prevent Concussions (TBI) in Playgrounds
Volume 8, Issue 1 September 2016
There are two very opposite views of injury preven-tion in playgrounds. Downlaod the PDF for more information.
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