Foam material | Improve the safety, comfort and competitiveness of sports and leisure

Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to physical health. Daily fitness is essential for many people, especially the sudden epidemic in 2020. Leisure sports have attracted the attention of people from all walks of life. It not only strengthens the body but also prevents it. Treat some body diseases. At the same time, although various professional sports have been canceled on a large scale due to the epidemic, it does not hinder people's expectations. Stadiums are also rarely in the midst of renovation and upgrading.

Comfort, safety, and environmental protection have become the primary indicators of sports fitness and leisure equipment. Therefore, foam materials with various properties meet the manufacturing needs of major sports equipment manufacturers. They are used in basketball, volleyball, foot, table tennis, badminton, nets, track and field. , Gymnastics, fitness, sports facilities and other fields are widely used. In particular, some high-end sports make high-performance, multi-performance foam materials favored. Today we list several commonly used foam materials in national sports and special sports equipment for major buyers to choose from.

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Urethane foam

Polyurethane foam hip pad. Source: Addicted

Polyurethane foam material, namely PU foam, is a traditional foam material with high quality and low price. It has the characteristics of ultra-low temperature thermal conductivity, high efficiency and energy saving, heat preservation, high efficiency insulation and sound insulation. It is divided into two types: soft foam and hard foam. Soft foam has an open-cell structure, hard foam has a closed-cell structure, and soft foam is divided into two types: skinning and non-skinning. Polyurethane (foam material) has been compounded with higher performance by major manufacturers in recent years. For sports and leisure industries, it can provide customized production of coatings, adhesives, thermoplastic polyurethane, polycarbonate, foam, film, elastomers, etc. The required special raw materials provide solutions for applications such as footwear, sports equipment, goggles and wearable devices, functional textiles and artificial leather. Thanks to its high mechanical strength, flexibility and oxidation resistance, high-performance polyurethane (foamed material) is widely used in the fields of synthetic leather, rubber and material fiber sports protection products.

Application: High-performance composite polyurethane foam material can be used as a competition venue, a track for entertainment sports, Sanda, Taekwondo, boxing, bicycle protection helmets, swimwear fabrics, etc.

FSI microcellular polyurethane foam is easy to die-cut into complex shapes and supports precision tools, while the overall appearance can have a variety of color options, anti-ultraviolet stability and strong antibacterial properties. Lightweight solutions increase comfort and ease of use, and improve safety. Source: Forsi AI Chemistry

Case 1: Football

The official game ball for the 2018 World Cup-Telstar 18 (TV Star), with a total of four layers. The innermost layer of the ball skin is an adhesive coating that bonds the textile base layer to the upper layer, and the upper layer is made of polyurethane. The layer of foam material, about one millimeter thick, consists of millions of gas-filled microspheres. This polyurethane foam material has a high degree of elasticity, so that the ball immediately returns to its original shape after being kicked and deformed to ensure the best flight path. The outer layer consists of two dense layers of polyurethane with different densities, which make the ball highly elastic and resistant to wear.

Source: Tencent Football

Case 2: Judo pads

The RECTICEL TATAMI series provides high-quality cushions for judo, mixed martial arts and other sports. The core layer of the cushion is a high-quality polyurethane foam material, and the coating is a polyvinyl chloride foam material. It can provide excellent shock absorption and anti-skid ability to increase the protection of athletes and meet the requirements of IJF. It can be used for training and sports protection products for judo, martial arts and other events.

Polyurethane foam judo mat Source: Recticel