YOUR PARTNER OF CHOICE FOR YOUR SYNTHETIC TURF PROJECTS
THE MANUFACTURE
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Shaw Sports Turf is the leader among synthetic turf companies and is the largest American-owned and American-made synthetic turf company in the world.
WHY SHAW SPORTS TURF?
INDUSTRY LEADER
Shaw Sports Turf has demonstrated industry leadership in both quality and innovation for more than two decades with over 3,000 successful installations, and an impressive list of high-profile installations, including the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays and many others.
HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS
Engineered for performance and safety, Shaw Sports Turf features a product line designed specifically to meet the needs of athletes and sports programs.
INNOVATION
Innovation in business means changing to bring new value to customers. Shaw Sports Turf believes change and innovation are always necessary to create the products that mimic natural grass and provide the best performance characteristics.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Shaw Sports Turf Sports Lab
Shaw Sports Turf leads the synthetic turf industry in research and development and bringing innovation to the market.
With testing protocols and procedures that exceed those of even the most stringent independent labs, the Research and Development Center at Shaw Sports Turf is at the forefront of advancement.
The 75,000 square-foot laboratory is the largest and most expansive in the industry. The facility houses a “pilot” experimental manufacturing plant with narrow-width versions of the machines used in our manufacturing facilities. These machines give our R&D team the ability to run initial trials like no other turf company can.
The R&D team also has access to a large turf performance lab featuring all the necessary equipment to test gmax, ball roll, ball bounce, rotational resistance, vertical deformation, force reduction, tensile strength, wear, abrasion, UV, weather effects and temperature effects.
In addition to research at our own facility, Shaw Sports Turf has participated in studies with major universities to learn more about athlete-surface and ball-surface interaction. Shaw has also developed the patent pending Playability Assessment Tool, this revolutionary way of looking at field playability and design comes as a result of years of field testing and benchmarking artificial turf playability against that of high-end natural grass fields.
BALANCING SAFETY & PERFORMANCE
As a result of this commitment to research and development, Shaw Sports Turf’s products are considered the best the industry has to offer and gives customers peace-of-mind, knowing their athletic fields are state-of-the-art.
SHAW SPORTS TURF IS COMMITTED TO A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
TO PLAYER PERFORMANCE & SAFETY THOROUGH TESTING
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ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED AROUND THE FOLLOWING TESTS
ROTATIONAL RESISTANCE
Measures high impact interaction between the athlete and the surface.
VERTICAL DEFORMATION
Measures the athlete’s foot stability on the surface; the more firm the surface, the faster the athlete can run and turn directions.
VERTICAL BALL REBOUND
Measures the natural bounce of a ball, simulating its position after being kicked into the air.
FORCE REDUCTION
Measures the amount of the impact force that is transferred to the athlete compared to running on concrete.
SHEAR VANE
Measures the how stable the field is to resist shearing from movements by players.
ENERGY REBOUND
Uses the artificial athlete and the same peak loading that is used for the vertical deformation and force reduction tests.
HIC- HEAD IMPACT CRITERIA
Measures the likelihood of head injury arising from an impact with the surface.
BALL ROLL
Measures the distance and speed of a ball when passed from one player to another.