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The Institut
für Sportbodentechnik (Institute of Sports Surface Technology
IST) is an independent research and testing laboratory in Switzerland,
specializing in all types of sports surfaces:
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Synthetic Surfaces
for outdoor and indoor sports facilities (running tracks)
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Synthetic Turf
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Gymfloors / Sport Hall
Floors
synthetic and wooden surfaces
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Tennis Court Surfaces
indoor and outdoor
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Mineral Surfaces
clay and cinder courts
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Playground Surfaces for
children
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Aerobic + Dancing Floors
- Elastic Wall
Padding
AREAS OF FOCUS
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Function (sports and
safety function, loading capacity, durability;
compatibility with regulations of sports governing bodies)
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Subconstruction (asphalt,
cement screed, concrete etc.)
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Subsoil (composition,
loading capacity, processability)
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Construction Physics (heat,
moisture, noise)
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Irrigation and Drainage
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Characteristics of Material
Components
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Quality Monitoring
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Ecology / Environmental
Compatibility
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Conformity / Compliance
with standards, contracts and rules of sports governing bodies
TYPES of SERVICES
and AREAS of INVOLVEMENT
- Establishing
Standards (ASTM, DIN, CEN, IAAF, FIH, FIFA, UEFA)
- Written Comments
Interpretation of standards, of the state-of-the-art technology,
and of the regulations of the sports governing bodies
- Publications
and Seminars
- Expert Whitness
- Consultation
concerning general questions of function and specific suitability
of sports surfaces for individual needs/projects;
in respect to refurbishment and/or repair of sports surfaces
- Testing
The IST performs investigation of sports surfaces according
to ASTM, DIN, IAAF, FIH, EPA, FIH, UEFA and other internationally
recognized standards including measurement of identifying properties
of material components (Infrared Spectroscopy - IRA, Content
of Plasticizers, Tensile Strength, Dynamic Differential Calorimetry
- DDC, Gas Chromatographic Analysis - GCA etc.), Environmental
Compatibility (DIN 18035-7):
1. Suitability
Tests on Surface Systems
2. Control Tests on Sites
3. Quality Monitoring Tests
4. Analysis of Surface Failures
5. Acceptance Tests
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