The Wood Composite Materials of Table Tennis Bat and Batting Techniques

Abstract

With the table tennis technical innovation and improvement of science, high-performance materials are used to manufacture of table tennis plate floor and help athletes have achieved better results. This article elaborated the wood composite materials’s impact on batting techniques through the analysis of the function of table tennis racket floor and its structure and capacity based on material science for provide the reference on manufacturing and selecting of table tennis racket.

Properties of Table Tennis Blade from Sorghum Bagasse Particleboard Bonded with Maleic Acid Adhesive at Different Pressing Temperatures and Times

“…Density is a physical property that affects the quality of table tennis blades [ 27 ]. The average density of TTBSB-particleboard in this study is 0.55–0.57 g/cm 3 , and is lower than the Yuguan commercial blade of 0.67 g/cm 3 , but higher density than the Donic commercial blade (0.42 g/cm 3 ).…”

“…Another physical property affecting table tennis blades’ quality is dimensional stability [ 27 ]. Dimensional stability can be evaluated by testing water absorption (WA) and thickness swelling (TS) [ 21 ].…”

Table Tennis Blade Production and Features

“…However, the surface of the racket blade is polished to the thickness permitted by ITTF. However, it should not be coated with more than 0,1 mm thick paint or very thick varnish (URL5; Wang et al 2012). The racket blade can be of any shape (triangle, square, circle, etc.…”

“…Although the racket blade is produced from solid timber, composite materials such as plywood and laminated wood are used, which are produced from veneer and papels obtained by sawing, cutting, or peeling the logs (Buragohain 2017). The wooden layers that make up the racket blade are reinforced with reinforcement materials such as cellulose, carbon, glass wool allowed in the ITTF regulation (Wang et al 2012). Experiments have been done on the suitability of all shapes in the production of racket blades, which do not have any limitations in size and shape.…”

“…According to the literature review's information, the racket blade's ability and performance are affected by factors such as shape, weight, thickness, hardness, and impact absorption energy. It has been stated that the required features for the table tennis racket blade; spin (15%), control (25%), speed (25%), shape (10%), and racket handle (25%) (Arifin et al 2017;URL5;Wang et al 2012).…”