Composition of a Table Tennis Blade
Composition of a Table Tennis Blade
The wooden part of a table tennis racket, often called the blade, usually has one to seven plies of wood. Common materials for the blade include balsa, limba, hinoki, koto, carbon, ZLC, and so on. This Demonstration shows the composition of five-ply table tennis blades from well-known brands.
Details
Details
The 3D model of the table tennis racket imitates a real racket. Each type of material is colored differently.
Some of the characteristics of the materials:
Carbon
Carbon is rather hard, so it provides speed.
Carbon is rather hard, so it provides speed.
Ayous wood
Ayous wood is light and hard.
Ayous wood is light and hard.
Koto wood
Koto wood is very hard, and it is generally used as the outer layer of the blade.
Koto wood is very hard, and it is generally used as the outer layer of the blade.
Basswood
Basswood is cheap, and it has been used as the wood for table tennis blades for a long time.
Basswood is cheap, and it has been used as the wood for table tennis blades for a long time.
Limba wood
Limba wood is soft and is appropriate for control and spin play.
Limba wood is soft and is appropriate for control and spin play.
Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Quang-Dao Trinh
"Composition of a Table Tennis Blade"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/CompositionOfATableTennisBlade/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: January 5, 2012