Tag: Innovation

J&E Sports Athletic Track Cleaner

To provide our athletics clients with an even higher level of service, J&E Sports has invested in a state-of-the-art athletics track cleaner. After treatment with this machine, every track looks as good as new. In addition to athletics tracks, the cleaner is also suitable for artificial hockey pitches, where it effortlessly removes algae, moss and other contamination.

The front-mounted unit, the KBR 200, was developed by Hörger in Germany. It is a rotor deck capable of cleaning with water pressure up to 200 bar. This pressure, combined with two rotating brushes, ensures that stubborn dirt is loosened even more effectively. Thanks to the powerful Venturi system, the dirty water is extracted immediately, leaving no trace of residue behind. The unit is driven by a Holder machine carrier with a strong output of 80 HP, allowing the cleaner to operate at full capacity.

The large 1450-litre tank, developed by ATC Cleaning, features a membrane that divides the tank, ensuring maximum capacity for both clean and dirty water. All individual components have been expertly integrated by Buuts Meulenpasfrom Oss, resulting in this outstanding J&E Sports Athletics Track Cleaner.

DURABLE SEALING TECHNIQUE FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF PITCHES

The demand for sustainable and recyclable artificial turf systems is increasing. Several solutions have already been developed to make artificial turf more sustainable, such as TenCate’s innovative woven turf. Until now, however, no efficient solution had been found for the sustainable installation of recyclable artificial turf. J&E Sports, the market leader in artificial turf construction, has now developed a sustainable sealing technique that enables such fields to be installed quickly, seamlessly and in an environmentally responsible manner—while ensuring that the entire field remains fully recyclable. The new method, Sealen by J&E Sports, was successfully introduced this week during the construction of the new artificial turf pitch for Heracles Almelo.

Previously, sustainable installation often involved stitching the rolls of artificial turf together. The drawback of this method is that it is time-consuming and extremely difficult to achieve a seamless result. In addition, the line markings could not be stitched and therefore still had to be glued. As a result, such a field could no longer be fully recycled at the end of its lifespan.

J&E Sports has long been searching for a solution in which both the tape and the adhesive carrier share the same material DNA as the artificial turf. This ensures that the entire system can be fully recycled once it reaches the end of its service life. Together with BIT and H.B. Fuller, this solution has been found in sealing the turf rolls using a special hotmelt. The new method, Sealen by J&E Sports, uses an extremely strong hotmelt that emits less heat to the surrounding materials, preventing the fibres and backing from melting or deforming. In addition, the adhesive speed can be adjusted steplessly and the adhesive thickness can be precisely controlled.

With this innovation, J&E Sports now offers a sustainable, cost-effective installation technique that can compete with the speed of traditional gluing while retaining the environmental benefits of stitching artificial turf together. Based on the positive experience gained during the installation of the new artificial turf field for Heracles Almelo, J&E Sports has already received enquiries from both domestic and international markets for the application of its new Sealen by J&E Sports method.