Netlon Advanced Turf System (Netlon ATS) is a high performance mesh-element reinforced natural grass rootzone system. It provides an aesthetic, SuDS compliant free-draining grassed surface, capable of sustaining heavy vehicle loadings in occasional-use applications.
Mesh elements interlock with specially blended rootzone, providing a grass reinforcement solution.
Applications
Fire and Emergency Access Routes
HGV and Service Access Routes
Multi-use Events Areas
Helipads and Airfields
Overspill Grass Car Parks
Leisure and recreation facilities
Public Open Space and Lawns
Roof Gardens
SuDS Source Control
Steep Slopes <55º
Benefits
Attractive, natural grass surface
High load bearing capacity < HGV
Resists rutting and compaction
Rapid surface drainage
No visible structures or trip hazards
Safe and clean surface
Easily maintained
Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) Source Control
The Netlon Advanced Turf System (ATS400/B) is a load-bearing, natural grass reinforced surface with no visible surface structures or trip hazards. It provides a safe, free-draining, wear tolerant reinforced grassed surface which resists compaction and surface rutting, whilst sustaining increased pedestrian and vehicle traffic (up to HGV loadings) when provided with an appropriately designed sub-base.
Advanced Turf consists of a high quality, sandy soil rootzone into which thousands of playing card sized polypropylene Netlon plastic mesh elements are pre-blended. The composite mesh reinforced rootzone and selected turf are delivered to site as a system. Once the Advanced Turf grass reinforcement rootzone system is installed and as the roots develop, they entwine with the interlocking Advanced Turf’s plastic mesh elements and form a strong, extremely stable and deep anchored root system. Maintained as a standard quality grassed surface.
Advanced Turf can be specified as a component of SuDS Source Control and in many trafficked applications such as: Grassed Fire/Emergency Access routes, Cherry Picker/Service access, Helipads/airfields, Roof gardens, Overflow parking, Multi-use events areas, Amenity lawns, Walkways and Sculptured slopes <55º.
How does Advanced Turf Work?
The flexible high tensile strength Netlon Mesh Elements interlock and interact with each other and the sandy soil, to create a structural reinforced rootzone which can resist compaction, remain free-draining and sustain a durable, healthy natural grass load bearing surface.
Without Netlon ATS, rutting occurs as the applied vehicle wheel loads are not distributed efficiently through the soils. However, with the Advanced Turf grass reinforcement system the load is transferred efficiently, meaning that higher vehicle loads can be applied without the risk of rutting occurring.
Advanced Turf is supported by over a decade of civil engineering and turf grass research and there are over forty published research papers about Netlon ATS.
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NOTE: ABG Ltd only supply the Advanced Turf System (ATS) in the UK and Ireland. Please contact Conwed/Mativ, Belgium for all other international enquiries:
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