Artificial grass news tagged by: design

Mar

01

New Spring 2010 Artificial Grasses

(New for 2010, SYNLawn announces many new and exciting advancements in their artificial grass products. This year all of our products have been upgraded with the latest in artificial grass technology for better performance, better selection, and better realism strengthening SYNLawn’s position as the market leader in artificial turf for landscape applications.

In addition to upgrading the entire product line, SYNLawn developed several new artificial grass products for this Spring. The new 2010 products enhance the existing lineup with better color and realism. The new landscape grasses available this year offer a wider variety of grasses featuring the realistic light tan thatch in the RootZone™, the texturized fiber supporting the straight blades, for a more natural appearance. In the artificial turf golf grass lineup two new products were added this year. These exciting new golf turf products were designed by renowned golf guru Dave Pelz to simulate the realistic “feel” of fairway grass.

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Sep

06

What yarn looks like real grass?

All artificial grass yarn falls into the category of either slit film or monofilament. The obvious questions is which one is the best choice? Slit film is made exactly as the name implies. It is extruded as a solid sheet and slit into smaller ribbons or tapes. Therefore, slit film does a good job of immulating wider blade grass when viewed from a distance. Slit film also has the advantage that it can be extruded at higher output rates than monofilament; therefore, a lower cost. The disadvantage is a slit film yarn will always be basically a flat yarn. Most real, wider-blade grass viewed up close has a spine that cannot be immulated with a slit film yarn. This spine also acts as a support and provides it with rigidity. Monofilament is extruded where each individual fiber is extruded out of an individual hole. This allows the manufacturer to make a variety of cross sections or shapes. This may lead to higher cost due to lower output rates; however, it makes a yarn that is pound per pound superior to a slit film yarn. It also makes a yarn that can be made to very closely copy the look and feel of real grass. The best example that people can relate to is a beam made of steel. A flat piece of steel does not have much rigidity or stiffness when compared to steel configured as an I beam. In our case the flat piece of steel would be a slit film yarn, and a monofilament could be extruded with a spine similar to the concept of an I beam. In summary, as a purchaser of artificial grass consumers should be aware that using a monofilament yarn may be slightly higher in initial cost. However, the resulting product can use different monofilament cross sections to maximize the properties that are required for their end use. For a complete list of SYNLawn products, please visit our website at: www.SYNLawn.com

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Sep

06

Just Doin' It

You’ve heard of a little company called Nike, right? How about a golfer named Tiger Woods? When these top tier, high quality entities united recently to film a commercial, we’re pleased to have been invited to the party. We spoke to the production company that shot the commercial and asked what made them choose SYNLawn for the artificial grass. It was a trip to the SYNLawn store that sealed the deal.

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• golf

Sep

06

SYNLawn in our Nation's Capital

Washington, D.C. The nation’s capital since 1800. There are memorable images that come to mind when you think of Washington, D.C: The White House. The Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Monument. The National Mall. The Capitol Building. Add SYNLawn artificial turf to the list of beautiful sights to see in the nation's capital.

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• green