Titanium
Equipment
Sergio Martinez Asked 9 years ago
Alois,
When a blade is made out of "wood, carbon and titanium" what is the titanium referring to? I understand wood and synthetic carbon, but is titanium also a type of wood or does it have actual titanium metal in it? Educate me please.
Sergio
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Sergio,
Hopefully someone will have some information for you.
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Tushar Verma Posted 9 years ago
Titanium blade interesting...
I got some information on Google
Titanium table tennis blade are made up of 7 ply in which 5 ply are of wood and other 2 are of titanium (According to Site).I mean really titanium. Here I am talking about Stiga Titanium Blade. They are very stiff and made for great speed. They are heavy and have less control. There are also 9 ply blade available in which 5 ply of wood and 4 ply of titanium.
Maybe this information is useful to you.
Sergio Martinez Posted 9 years ago
Interesting. I guess I was trying to make sure it really was metal. I purchased a Palio TCT which is titanium/carbon. I was just trying to make sure. It almost seems like it should be illegal haha.
Jean Balthazar Posted 9 years ago
It is legal as long as the non-wood material doesn't exceed 15%, and its thickness isn't greater than 7.5% of the total or 0.35mm max. See here under 2.04.02. I guess Palio wouldn't spend the money to put a product on the market that can't be used in competitions!