Slatter launches new Robot Maintenance service for artificial turf pitches
Slatter introduces the latest technology to the sports pitch.
Today, artificial turf pitches are a mainstay for many sports facilities and schools. Artificial 3G sports pitches offer a reliable and low-maintenance solution whilst providing a high-quality and predictable playing surface for athletes of all levels from junior to elite.
Here’s just some of the benefits of a synthetic turf installation:
- Durability: Artificial turf pitches are designed to withstand heavy usage and adverse weather conditions, making them a long-lasting and economical choice.
- Consistent playing surface: Artificial 3G pitches provide a consistent and dependable playing surface throughout the year, regardless of weather conditions. This can help to improve player performance and also decreases the risk of injuries, for example, due to uneven terrain.
- Extended playing time: Synthetic pitches can be used more frequently than their natural grass counterparts, as they are not as susceptible to wear and tear. This allows for more games and training sessions to take place on the same surface. No more sliding around in the mud.
- Maintenance: Artificial pitches generally require less maintenance compared to natural grass, which demand regular mowing, watering, and reseeding. Hence their popularity as a training and match surface.
Maintenance matters
Nevertheless, an artificial pitch will require regular upkeep to ensure a consistent quality of play and to extend the longevity of the material.
Schools, sports hub and training facilities invest huge amounts in the installation of their sports grounds, after all they are an important leisure amenity associated with health, wellbeing, entertainment and achievement. It follows therefore that maintenance by a grounds person – or indeed a whole team of greenkeepers – is an essential part of the package that must be factored in.
Keeping your pitch well-groomed and brushed is key not only to the life span of the facility and the play performance, but the overall integrity of the pitch.
A new approach to pitch maintenance
Whilst artificial turf is lower maintenance than natural grass and offers significantly more matchplay opportunities, it does require ongoing care to protect and preserve it; namely brushing and grooming on a regular basis, as well as quarterly testing and bespoke care.
Brushing
Brushing promotes the overall health of the synthetic fibres after being trampled over by football boots. A regular good brushing will encourage the pile to spring back into place.
Grooming
Grooming attends to the distribution and evenness of the infill. During a game, the infill will naturally migrate especially in high use areas such as the goal area or six-yard box. Grooming decompacts and redistributes the infill to restore a level playing field.
Not surprisingly, given the extent of pitch usage, the above now takes up a fair quantity of the grounds person’s time. And for good reason and with a good end result of course, but now there is a solution that will take care of this process automatically…
Introducing the AUTOGROOM
AUTOGROOM is a purpose built automated device, created to maintain artificial sports pitches. This new innovation in pitch care is a game changer and easily takes care of
• Brushing
• Grooming
• Decontamination
…leaving you free to attend to more demanding tasks.
This SMART device uses state of the art technology with GPS precision, controlled via an easy-to-use app on your smartphone (Android or iOS). Now you can oversee your pitch maintenance from a distance 24/7. Set the programme and off it goes – even during the night. Imagine arriving in the morning to find your pitch perfectly groomed and ready for play with no effort from you?
AUTOGROOM ushers in a new era in artificial sports pitch maintenance, set to take the UK by storm.
