| abstract |
Artificial turf with marble structure The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an artificial turf (1000) A method of making a liquid polymer mixture (100, 400, 500), said polymer mixture being at least a three-phase system, wherein a first phase (402) of said phases comprises a first polymer and a first dye, The second phase 404 of the phases of the polymer mixture comprises a second polymer and a second dye, wherein the second dye has a different color from the first dye, and the second polymer is the same or different from the first polymer Type, the first and second phases are not mixed with each other, and the first phase forms a polymer bead in the second phase; Extruding (102) said polymer blend into monofilaments (606) comprising said marble pattern of said first and second hues; Quenching said monofilament (104); Reheating the monofilament (106); Stretching the reheated monofilament to deform the polymer bead into a yarn-like region (800) and forming the monofilament with synthetic turf fibers (1004); (110) embedding the artificial turf fibers into the artificial turf lining (1002) / RTI > |