{"id":577,"date":"2020-10-26T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carbon-waters.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2023-10-19T10:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T08:22:59","slug":"head-the-first-sporting-goods-manufacturer-to-use-graphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carbon-waters.com\/en\/head-the-first-sporting-goods-manufacturer-to-use-graphene\/","title":{"rendered":"Head : The first Sporting Goods Manufacturer to Use Graphene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has already been established that graphene can significantly increase the most important properties of shoes<\/a>, such as their grip, lightness, or elasticity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sporting goods industry, eager for innovation, has swiftly become interested in graphene for its ability to improve performance in a variety of sporting goods.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Head uses graphene?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Head is one of the world\u2019s leading sporting goods manufacturers. The sporting goods industry has always been an arena for tough competition. So Head has always excelled in innovation in order to keep their place among the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was not surprising when Head started to develop products with graphene in 2013. Making them the first sporting goods manufacturers to work with this new material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is especially remarkable since only three years had passed since Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov had received the Nobel Prize in physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to launch their first commercial product containing graphene, Head collaborated with Graphene-XT<\/a> to develop the next generation of tennis rackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graphene-XT is a graphene producer that uses a mechanical exfoliation process to obtain a powder of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparative <\/strong>tests performed by Head<\/a> have shown that their graphene-enhanced tennis racket<\/a> is up to 30% greater in mechanical strength and up to 20% lighter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effect? We\u2019ll let Novak Djokovic explain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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