PERFORMANCE DURABILITY - TenCate

PERFORMANCE
GRASS
STAYS AROUND WHEN OTHER TURFS SPLIT.
Splitting is sports turf yarns’ greatest enemy. It’s the main reason
they wear out. With the notable exception of TenCate XP Blade .
Six years and 3500 fields worth of proof.
It’s one thing to claim durability. It’s another to offer real-world proof.
And every one of those fields - even the oldest - is still in use today.
What makes it possible is a proprietary manufacturing process –
developed exclusively by TenCate – that prevents splitting. So
XP Blade lasts longer than any other tape or monofilament yarns.
It twists when played on rather than lying flat so it retains its evenness
and natural ball roll. You get better tuft bind – the yarn is so
well rooted into the system that blades are not lost. And XP Blade
holds infill in place better than monofilament yarns, reducing infill
splash, bumps, and potholes. When you add it all up, you get a field
that looks and plays like new for a long, long time.
Protective Fabrics
Space Composites
Aerospace Composites
Advanced Armour
Geosynthetics
Industrial Fabrics
Grass
Sports turf
ONLY TENCATE XP BLADE TM
LOOKS THIS GOOD AFTER
LISPORT WEAR SIMULATION OF 40,000 CYCLES.
before after
You’d expect a warranty. But you’d never expect this one.
No one else comes close to our new XP Blade 5-Year Durability
Warranty available through an additional purchase. The industry’s
first to guarantee for five years of unlimited play against excessive
fiber splitting which leads to matting, dusting and fiber loss and an
early end to a field’s life. What’s more, it’s based on the original value
of the field. When we make claims, we back them up.
TenCate: technological innovation, sensible solutions.
TenCate has decades of industry-leading turf fiber innovation and
offers any kind of turf you could ever possibly need. From our
Monoslide fibers that provide great playability and durability for
the budget minded. To our XQ technology that produces incredibly
resilient monofilament fibers. To XP Blade , a true breakthrough
in durability of multi-use and high-use fields. If it’s turf you need,
TenCate has got it. And we always exceed expectations.
DURABILITY

GRASS
Material type : Polyethylene (PE)
Blade type : Non post-fibrillation tape
Denier / ply : 5,000/1; 8,000/1
Fibrillation : Parallel long slit
Filament thickness : 100 µm thick, non-abrasive
UV Protection : Fiber embedded
TENCATE BENCHMARK LISPORT WEAR SIMULATION
# of cycles TenCate
XP Blade
BonaFFusion WearMax
0 100% 100% 100%
2,000 92.3% 68.7% 95.0%
4,000 92.3% 55.6% 90.0%
6,000 92.3% 45.6% 85.0%
8,000 92.3% 41.0% 80.0%
10,000 92.3% 36.8% 70.0%
12,000 85.0% 3.0% 60.0%
14,000 85.0% 1.0% 55.0%
15,000 85.0% 0.0% 40.0%
BonaFFusion WearMax
After 15,000 cycles of Lisport
wear simulation
Field Green Olive Field Green &
Lime Green
Field Green &
Olive
Durability of tape yarn TenCate XP Blade BonaFFusion WearMax
Yarn durability (residual width)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 15,000
# of Cycles on TenCate Lisport Test Method
TenCate turf products are made without adding any heavy metals and conform to the ASTM F 2765-09 and LAGA standards for heavy metal content and DIN 18035-7 for leaching of
heavy metals.
STANDARD COLORS
(for reference only)
North America
South America
06/16/11 11-230.21
Europe
Middle East
Africa
After 15,000 cycles of Lisport
wear simulation
Yellow Orange Red Red Clay Navy Blue Florida Blue Black White
©2011 TenCate, TenCate XP Blade, and TenCate Monoslide are registered and/or claimed trademarks by Koninklijke Ten Cate nv and/or its subsidiaries. WearMax is a registered trademark
of Polytex USA, Inc. BonaFFusion is a registered trademark of Low & Bonar PLC.
Asia
Australia
IN A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON,
THERE’S REALLY NO COMPARISON.
Because TenCate’s Lisport wear test is considerably more severe than
regular Lisport tests our test numbers should not be compared directly to
regular Lisport test data. Our test breaks the product down much faster so far
less test cycles are needed to provide objective test results.
Additionally, TenCate’s quantitative method to measure wear enables
objective relative comparison of wear resistance and product performance.
tencategrass.com
There is no guesswork.