40mm Table Tennis Balls

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Part two - approved 40mm table tennis balls.

Introduction  |   Approved 40mm table tennis balls

 

Table tennis balls

In part one we looked at the different types of balls.

Let's now take a look at what qualities are needed by a table tennis ball to make it onto the ITTF approved list.

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Appearance

The ball must be white or orange, and matt, and must appear to be uniform and only have one seam.

Weight

Although the official rules state that the ball shall be 2.7g, any weight between 2.67g and 2.77g is acceptable for any one ball in the test batch.

No more than 1 ball out of the 24 tested may be outside this range and the sample mean must be between 2.69g and 2.76g.


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Size

The minimum diameter of every ball must be at least 39.50mm, and its maximum diameter must not exceed 40.50mm.

The sample mean average diameter, i.e. the mean of the average of the maximum and minimum diameters for each ball, must be in the range 39.6mm to 40.4mm.

Sphericity

The sphericity of a ball - or more correctly the lack of sphericity - is the absolute difference between its minimum and maximum diameters.

The sphericity of any ball must be less than 0.35mm, and the sample mean sphericity must be less than 0.25mm.


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Veer

Veer is a measure of the total sphericity of the ball.

It's measured by rolling the ball down a slight incline onto a horizontal surface, and measuring the distance by which it deviates from a straight line as it rolls across the surface.

Balls shall not deviate by more than 175mm from the center-line.

Bounce

Every ball must rebound to a height of not less than 240mm or more than 260mm when dropped from a height of 305mm on to a standard steel block.


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Hardness

Hardness is measured with a fully automated and computerised tester. A 20mm diameter pin presses against a pole of the ball.

Measurements are made on each pole and the average for the poles provides a measure of the hardness.

The coefficient of variation shall be not greater than 0.06mm.

Markings

The stamp on the ball must include the following four components:

  • The ITTF Approval. This may be indicated by the initials ITTF or ITTFA, or by the words "ITTF approved", or by using the ITTF logo

  • the trademark or brand name

  • the inscription "40" or "40mm"

  • the name of the country where the company headquarters are registered, or the expression "made in ..."

No other text is permitted.


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ITTF approved 40mm table tennis balls

No Trademark / Brand Name Color Stamp Colour
1 729*** White Blue + Purple
2 Adidas*** White Black
3 Adidas*** Orange Black
4 andro*** White Black
5 andro*** Orange Black
6 Artengo 950C*** (can only be used until June 2013) Orange Black
7 Artengo FB950*** Orange Black
8 Artengo*** White Blue
9 Butterfly*** White Black + Red
10 Butterfly*** Orange Black + Red
11 Champion Platinum*** White Black
12 Champion Professional*** White Black
13 Cornilleau*** White Black
14 Cornilleau*** Orange Black
15 DHS *** White Black + Red
16 DHS *** Orange Black + Blue
17 Donic*** White Black
18 Donic*** Orange Black
19 Double Fish*** White Black + Red
20 Double Fish*** Orange Black + Red
21 Dunlop Fort Tournament*** White Black + Orange
22 Gewo Ultra Super Selected*** White Black
23 Giant Dragon*** White Blue + Red
24 Giant Dragon*** Orange Blue + Black
25 Imperial*** White Blue + Red
26 Joola Super*** White Black + Blue
27 Joola Super*** Orange Black + Blue
28 Killerspin*** (can only be used until June 2013) White Black + Red
29 Nimatsu*** Orange Black
30 Nittaku Premium*** White Blue
31 Nittaku Premium*** Orange Blue
32 Nittaku*** White Blue + Red
33 Nittaku*** Orange Blue + Red
34 Peace S-S*** White Green + Red
35 Peace*** White Blue
36 Schildkröt Super*** White Blue + Black
37 Schildkröt Super*** (can only be used until June 2013) Orange Blue + Black
38 Stag Peter Karlsson Premium*** Orange Black + Red
39 Stag Peter Karlsson Premium*** White Blue + Red
40 Stag*** White Blue + Red
41 Stag*** Orange Black + Red
42 Stiga Competition*** White Black
43 Stiga Competition*** Orange Black
44 Stiga Optimum*** White Black
45 Stiga Optimum*** Orange Black
46 Tibhar JPS+*** White Black
47 Tibhar*** White Black
48 Tibhar*** Orange Black
49 TSP *** White Black
50 TSP *** Orange Black
51 Xiom Precision*** (can only be used until June 2013) White Black
52 Yasaka*** White Black
53 Yasaka*** (can only be used until June 2013) Orange Black
54 Yashima*** (can only be used until June 2013) White Black
55 Yashima*** (can only be used until June 2013) Orange Black

 

 

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