What are trampolines made of?

Trampolines are made of four basic components the tubing, springs, safety pads and jumping mat. Nowadays most trampolines have safety nets built to it.

The tubing - is used to make legs and frames of the trampolines. The legs are usually made of galvanised steel. Using galvanised steel protects the frame from rust and environmental conditions as many people buy the trampolines for outdoor garden use.

The spring helps generate the bounce. Many manufacturers have a specific spring they require for their trampolines and for this they ask a spring specialists to produce the springs for them.

The jumping mats are made of woven fibres. Trampolines nowadays are made of plastic or nylon.

Safety pads are made of foam. They connect the pads to the frame and use vinyl covers and pie straps for connection. Safety pad foam core as also manufactured by a company specialising on foam for many trampoline manufacturers. The above process is how manufacturers build the trampolines you use for exercise and fun.

Here is an interesting information you might be interested in, trampoline manufacturers have over 80 people working in the factory working 8 hours a day to create about 500 trampolines. There are some manufacturers who only build trampolines for athletes and some who produce for everyone from 8ft trampolines to 14ft trampolines for home and outdoor use.

Recently it was annouced a UK based trampoline company was planning to design a trampoline without the frames. The logic behind it was to prevent kids from getting injured by falling or miss timing the jumps into the metal frames.

When the trampolines are ready to goto the market, they are fully tested by the manufacturers.