March 19, 2010
Equipments to build trampolines
Tubing, springs, safety pads and jumping mats combine to create trampolines. Nowadays most trampolines have nets attached to it for safety reasons.
The tubing - is used to make legs and frames of the trampolines. To make the trampoline legs strong to hold heavy weights, galvanised steel is used. Using galvanised steel protects the frame from rust and environmental conditions as many people buy the trampolines for outdoor garden use.
The spring produces the bounce for the trampolines. Manufacturers normally have a specific spring they require for their trampolines. Most manufacturers outsource this task to expert spring companies to produce spring.
The jumping mats are made of woven fibres, which are normally used to make fabrics. Nowadays you will see that most trampolines are made of nylon or plastic.
Safety pads go over the springs and frame and are made of foam. Safety pads use pie straps and vinyl covers to connect the pads to the frame. Safety pad foam core as also outsources to a foam specialists by many trampoline manufacturers. All the above is essential products of the process in building trampolines.
Here is something you might find interesting while reading, one trampoline manufacturer (not going to tell who) have around 80 people, who work 8 hours a day to create over 500 trampolines. Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? this quiz is for you.. There are some manufacturers who only build trampolines for athletes and some who produce for everyone from 8ft trampolines to 14ft trampolines for outdoor and home use.
Recently there was news about Trampoline Company in the UK designing trampolines without the frames. Their logic behind this was to prevent injuries, as most injuries occur when falling into the metal frames.
The new trampolines are thoroughly tested by the manufacturers before it hits the market.
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