During play, tremendous pressure is exerted on the feet, ankles and lower back.
During a training session or game, a player runs several miles up and down the court.
The amount of jumping, side stepping and running can cause overuse injuries, traumatic injuries and ankle sprains.
Rubber molecules are very long polymers, the strands intervene, but are not joined, this allows them to stretch while still remaining attached together. Raw rubber has the consistency of chewing gum, too stretchy and soft to be of much use.
Addition of sulphur molecules or organic peroxide, together with accelerators and retarding agents.
All those components are heated together under pressure (crosslink).
The sulphur atoms attach to the ends of each rubber molecule, all along the lengths of the polymers. This increases the strength of the rubber, but still allows it some elasticity.
The molecular chains link into a rigid, 3-D structure; these crosslinks tie all the polymer molecules together in one single molecule big enough to be picked up by a hand.
This process brings:
Vulcanized rubber does not melt when it gets hot or doesn't get brittle when it gets cold because all the polymer molecules are tied together.
Increases tensile strength, tear strength, fatigue life, and toughness.
Polyurethanes are the single most versatile family of polymers there is. Polyurethane can be made in a variety of densities and hardness by varying the type of monomer(s) used and adding other substances to modify their characteristics, notably density, or enhance their performance.
Polyurethane foam is made by adding small amounts of water to one of the liquid precursors of polyurethane before they are mixed together.
This reacts with a portion of the isocyanate, generating carbon dioxide throughout the liquid, creating relatively uniform bubbles which then harden to form a solid foam as polymerization progresses.
The open cell foam construction means that the foam bubbles (cells) remain mostly open, resulting after a critical stage in the foam-making process.
This is a vitally important process to control the viscoelastic properties by modifying the catalysts and polyols used during the production process to make a dense yet elastic polyurethane foam and create a three-dimensional cross-linked structure.
This process brings:
Shock absorption, energy return, insulation, noise-absorption, load-capacity & elasticity
A modern composite made of three layers, the 1st and 2nd layers made of vulcanized rubber, a thermoset material, and a 3rd layer made of a three-dimensional cross-linked polyurethane elastomer. The three layers combine during the curing/manufacturing process to form the new generation Mondoflex gym surface.
PRODUCTION
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
The system meets the requirements of EN 14904 for indoor surfaces with a sports function and offers many advantages over point-elastic and area-elastic sports flooring.
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
The system meets the requirements of EN 14904 for indoor surfaces with a sports function and offers many advantages over point-elastic and area-elastic sports flooring.
FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS OF MONDOFLEX II VS. WOOD
Optimal Area
Wood “dusty surface”
Wood “normal”
Wood “very clean surface”
Mondoflex II
Poured Urethane
PVC
Mondoflex II
Poured Urethane
PVC
Wood Floor
Mondoflex II
PVC
Poured Urethane
Mondoflex II
Andrea De Gobbi
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