GALAXY Material Specifications

Specifications
KOMPAN GALAXY is an innovative playground system from KOMPAN designed according to a set of specially defined specifications to meet the demands of future playgrounds all over the world, as an alternative to the well-known KOMPAN MOMENTSTM wood-based system.

The keywords are:
· High-quality materials
· Outstanding functionality
· Unique finish
· Weather and vandal resistance
· Heavy-duty design
· Low maintenance

Choice of materials and production technologies
The choice of materials for each component in the system is based on a set of rules that implicates:

1. Mechanical demands such as strength, elasticity, impact and wear resistance.
2. Physical demands such as climatic strength (moisture, rot, ozone, UV radiation, corrosion, temperature fluctuations), colourability and manufacturability.
3. Environmental demands such as recycling potential – meaning parts that have no critical contents, e.g. heavy metal based UV stabilizers, and no PVC.
4. Visual demands such as surface texture, range of gloss, lowest possible degree of fading under exposure of sunlight within the frames of environmental standards (3), no major colour changes due to wear=less maintenance (coloured-through materials).
5. High consideration to the users with regard to resilience and textures of surfaces, heat conduction, rounding of edges, etc.

KOMPAN’s product development strategy is not limited by any demands of in-house manufacturing, which means that we are free to incorporate state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies.

Constellations
Components and materials:
Poles are made of hot-dip galvanized steel with a polyurethane pole top with metal core.
Pipes are made of hot-dip galvanized steel.
Triangle plates/triangle frames are made of rubber-coated polyethylene triangle plate and powder-coated welded steel frame covered by black polyurethane.
Play shells are made of double-curved, rotomoulded polyethylene.
Rocking tubes are made of thick-walled rotomoulded UV-stabilized dark blue polyethylene pivoting on a hot-dip galvanized steel tube.
Climbing walls are made of dark blue polyethylene with polyurethane cleats.
Curved climbing plates are made of dark blue rubber-coated polyethylene with polyurethane cleats.
Ropes/nets are made of black steel-reinforced polyamide.
Play spheres are made of dark blue polyethylene.
UFOs (orange, green and yellow) are made of polyamide.
Small UFOs are made of black polyurethane with metal core.
Pods (for Sky Walk) are made of rotomoulded polyethylene.
Orbs consisting of a threaded stainless steel tube and a seat made of rotomoulded polyethylene attached to a stainless steel sleeve with an exchangeable core nut of low-friction
plastic.
Swingers consisting of a powder-coated steel handle with black polyurethane grip and a pivot bearing of stainless steel, aluminium and polyacetal.
Climbing steps are made of black polyurethane with steel core.
Teardrop handles are made of steel-reinforced rope with moulded-on handle of polyurethane.
Triangular climbing cleats (fixed on curved climbing plate) are made of black polyurethane.
Round climbing cleats (fixed on climbing wall) are made of black polyurethane.
Round climbing cleats (fixed on climbing tube) are made of black polyurethane with polyamide core.
Connecting balls are made of black polyurethane with high-strength hot-pressed brass core and polyamide plugs.
Swivels (connecting chains to balls, play shells and climbing plates) are made of polyurethane-coated sintered stainless steel with bronze bearings.
Chains are made of hot-dip galvanized steel with polyamide anti-pinch devices.
Ball joints (connecting steel tubes to poles) are made of die-cast aluminium.
Net connectors are made of die-cast aluminium.
Connectors for ropes and pipes are made of powder-coated steel.

Mobiles

Components and materials:

Supernova · GXY 916
consisting of bearing construction of hot-dip galvanized steel, upper section of polyethylene, connecting fittings and wheel holder of polyamide, rubber wheels, stainless steel wheel bearings and hot-dip galvanized safety ring.

Gemma · GXY 8013
consisting of hot-dip galvanized steel pole, polyurethane triangular podium with steel core and vulcanized rubber rocking unit with steel core.

Spica 1/2/3 · GXY 8014/15/16
consisting of hot-dip galvanized steel pole and pipe, polyamide top, polyurethane triangular podium with steel core, ball bearing (no lubrication required), metal connection element and polyurethane cone.

Vega · GXY 8017
consisting of hot-dip galvanized steel pole, polyurethane handles with steel core, polyurethane top with steel core, ball bearing (no lubrication required), connecting balls made of black polyurethane with high-strength hot-pressed brass core and polyamide plugs.

Argo · GXY 8019
consisting of hot-dip galvanized steel poles and pipes, connecting balls made of black polyurethane with high-strength hot-pressed brass core and polyamide plugs, polyethylene rocking tube and polyurethane triangular podium with steel core.


Tests
KOMPAN’s products and materials are not only tested according to the current safety standards in Europe and North America, but also fulfil our own strong demands for user safety, proven play value and technical performance.

Product testing safety standards
KOMPAN products are designed to fulfil the relevant safety standards/guidelines in each market, and since we are a worldwide supplier, our products are typically approved by more than one institute/authority.
The major safety standards/guidelines are EN1176 (S), ASTM1487-01 (S), CPSC (G) and SA (S). All products marketed worldwide have the internationally recognized TÜV certificate for accordance to the EN1176 standard.

Strength/durability tests
All products must go through a static load test in order to achieve TÜV and ASTM certificates. In addition, KOMPAN maintains its tradition of also testing our products dynamically since our experience is that the repeated moving loads provided by playing children are much more crucial for the durability than a heavy static load.
Vandalism resistance is also an area where KOMPAN has defined our own guidelines, which in short terms can be expressed as follows: The products must be able to withstand the forces and impacts that can be provided by the human body without using tools. To reduce the immediate risks for product safety in the event of vandalism, KOMPAN’s products are designed with steel reinforcement in ropes and rubber components, and use ductile plastic materials that prevent sharp edges when damaged.

Field tests
Before launch, KOMPAN products are field tested at specially selected, heavily used playgrounds for extended periods of time. The focus of these tests is to evaluate technical performance, as well as play value and child development.

Material test
KOMPAN’s choice of materials is followed up by testing the materials according to relevant standards within related areas such as building industry (flammability and corrosion) and toy directives (toxicity). We have also defined our own standards, e.g. friction and wear of flooring surfaces.