KOMPAN

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.

The keywords are:

  • High-quality materials
  • Outstanding functionality
  • Unique finish
  • Weather and vandalism resistance
  • Heavy-duty design

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), colorability 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 (3), no major color changes due to wear=less maintenance (colored 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 have been free to incorporate state of the art manufacturing technologies.


CONSTELLATIONS

Components and materials


Poles are made of hot-dip galvanized steel that is 101.6 mm diameter with 2.9 mm wall thickness.


Post Caps are made of polyurethane with a polypropylene core.


Crossbars and Support Poles are made of 60mm and 38mm diameter hot-dip galvanized steel tubing.


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,rotomolded polyethylene.


Rocking tubes are made of thick-walled rotomolded UV-stabilized dark blue polyethylene pivoting on a hot-dip galvanized steel tube.


Climbing walls are made of dark blue polyethylene with polyamide reinforced polyurethane cleats.


Curved climbing plates are made of dark blue rubber-coated polyethylene with polyamide reinforced 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 rotomolded polyethylene.


Orbs consisting of a threaded stainless steel tube and a seat made of rotomolded polyethylene attached to a stainless steel sleeve with an exchangeable core nut of low-friction plastic.


Swingers consisting of a hot-dip galvanized steel handle with black polyurethane grip and a pivot bearing of nylon.


Climbing steps are made of black polyurethane with steel core.


Teardrop handles are made of steel-reinforced polyurethane.


Climbing cleats (fixed on climbing plates) are made of black polyurethane with a polyamide core.


Round climbing cleats (fixed on climbing tube) are Made of black polyurethane.


Connecting balls are made of black polyurethane with high-strength extruded Aluminum 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 aluminum.


Net connectors are made of die-cast aluminum.


Connectors for ropes and pipes are made of powder-coated steel.

The Star Belt and Moon Belt consist of hot-dip galvanized pipes suspended between two posts by two strong rubber/steel spring units with built in angle limiters.


Satellite Spinner consists of a hot-dip galvanized steel pipe with steel reinforced polyurethane triangular podium, secured to the structure by a lifetime lubricated ball bearing and to the hot-dip galvanized footing post by a lifetime lubricated ball bearing housed in a rubber coupling.


Musca Spinner consists of a welded, hot-dip galvanized steel pipe assembly, secured to the structure by a lifetime lubricated ball bearing and to the hot-dip galvanized footing post by a lifetime lubricated ball bearing housed in a rubber coupling.


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.


Spica 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 extruded aluminum 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 extruded aluminum core and polyamide plugs, polyethylene rocking tube and polyurethane triangular podium with steel core.


Flexus GXY 919 consisting of a standing platform constructed of polyurethane with a polypropylene core and suspended between two posts by steel reinforced polyamide ropes connected to lifetime lubricated ball bearings.


Tests

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


Product testing safety standards

KOMPAN products are designed to fulfill 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 ASTM F1487 (S),CPSC (G),CSA (S) and EN1176 (S).

KOMPAN is a member of the IPEMA organization in order to achieve certified ASTM approvals of the products marketed in North America.


All worldwide-marketed products have the international recognized TÜV certificate for accordance to the EN 1176 standard.


Strength/durability tests

All products must go through a static load test in order to achieve ASTM certification.  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: 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), and we have also defined our own standards, e.g. friction and wear of flooring surfaces. KOMPAN carries records of all test results and evaluations for our products.