The Ultra Cross® Difference
Ultra Cross® Baseball Impact Test In March of 2021, Sportsfield Specialties contracted Innovative Test Solutions (ITS) of Schenectady, NY to conduct impact testing on our Ultra Cross® Knotless Netting. Our goal was to see just how many powerful hits our industry-leading product could handle! To simulate a field installation, a scaled down netting system model was constructed to replicate a full-scale system. This cable suspended system consisted of four constraint cables, located at each edge of a 10’x10’ 1.2 mm knotless Ultra Cross® Dyneema® netting panel. The net was then lashed to the cables with a combination of zip ties and braided rope. Once the system was in place, a series of standard baseballs was fired at the net from a dramatic 10’ distance using a high-powered pitching machine with ball speeds averaging at 100mph. Here are the results:
TEST DATE DISTANCE (FT) BALL IMPACTS AVG SPEED (MPH)
COMMENTS
Net Failed after 4795 ball impacts. Ball passed through main target point break- ing two netting strands. The cable were re-tightened, as needed, during testing.
3/15/2021
10
4795
100MPH
Eng/Tech:
Data Check:
Quality Manager:
ULTRA CROSS ® NETTING TOOK NEARLY 5000 HITS!
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