Seicom manufactures and supplies parquet sports floors.
Our FIBA approved Sports Floors are installed in major sports arenas.
In this blog you can read more about our interest in Sports Floors improvement, and preview our products!
Today our blog
deals with a very delicate subject: Shock absorption and Vertical Deformation
of SPORTS FLOORINGS.
Sports Floors Seicom
Our description
is based on our experience, requirements set by the International Standards and
technical documents issued by authorized Institutes who perform testing
procedures.
The GYM PARQUET
FLOOR goes through a complex reaction when stressed by a dynamic load.
The interaction
components evaluated with tests are the deformation under a load, the shock absorption
property and the return of impact energy, for example the amount of energy
returned to the player by the parquet floor on which he’s playing.
The shock absorption power of a sports surface is an important safety
element.
The reported
values are therefore an inevitable compromise between these essential features.
The sports floors react differently to different temperature and deformation
rates; they become harder at low temperature and softer at higher temperature.
An important
element for safety and sport performance is a proper grip between the player’s
shoes and the sports floor. An insufficient grip might cause slipperiness on
the surface; an excessive grip puts unacceptable stress on joints, ligaments
and muscles.
Shock absorption
When tested according
the method described by EN 14808, performing at least 4 tests plus a further
test every 500 m2 of the area, the average force reduction must be between 25% and
75% and no single test result must differ from the average by more than ±5 units.
Vertical deformation
When
tested according the method described by EN 14809, vertical deformation must
not be more than 5,0 mm.
All
tests must be performed by authorized labs – notified for the execution of EN
14904 tests; values are always listed within test reports, and every company
will put the reported values within
their own DOP – Declaration of Performance.
Example:
Seicom’s TRENTO SOLID comes with DOP, mentioning test report values
(Regolamento
Europeo N. 305/2011 CPR-Construction
Product Regulation)
Assorbimento
degli urti
Force
Reduction FR55
EN
14808
25 –
75 %
48 %
Deformazione
verticale
Vertical
Deformation VD
EN
14809
≤ 5 mm
2,4 mm
Testing procedures on
Seicom’s parquet floors have been carried out by University of Stuttgart MPA
Stuttgart (Germany) Otto-Graf Institut Accreditation valid (reg.No. D-PL-11016-00)
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