Swivels
Physical
children use their muscle strength, legs and core to put the Flexus into motion. When standing up while swinging, children develop their sense of balance.
Flexus appeals immensely to teenagers. With its swaying swinging movements it provides immediate physical response. Teenagers love that. When standing on the footrest, holding the support bars and swaying the lower body back and forth, teens train the ABC of motor skills: agility, balance and coordination. The sense of balance is fundamental for all other motor skills. It ensures that humans can manage the world securely. During tween and teen years, due to growth spurts, the sense of balance needs extra training. The Flexus develops of the sense of balance through play, and the agility and coordination increase, too. The movements resemble skiing movements and train leg, core and upper body muscles. The teenagers additionally engage in tons of positive competition on the Flexus. They teach peers new skills and train turn-taking and negotiation.
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Play Value
Play value is the value gained from play, the value that makes the child “want” or developmentally “need” to undertake the activity and thus gives the play item holding power. Play value can be described very precisely in developmental terms, looking into the human physical, cognitive, social and emotional developmental stages.
Handhold
Physical
the possibility to hold on tight enables intense rocking. This trains the hand and arm muscles.
5 - 12 Years1 Users
Length
7' 8"
Width
2' 1"
Height
6' 7"
Specifications
Flexus appeals immensely to teenagers. With its swaying swinging movements it provides immediate physical response. Teenagers love that. When standing on the footrest, holding the support bars and swaying the lower body back and forth, teens train the ABC of motor skills: agility, balance and coordination. The sense of balance is fundamental for all other motor skills. It ensures that humans can manage the world securely. During tween and teen years, due to growth spurts, the sense of balance needs extra training. The Flexus develops of the sense of balance through play, and the agility and coordination increase, too. The movements resemble skiing movements and train leg, core and upper body muscles. The teenagers additionally engage in tons of positive competition on the Flexus. They teach peers new skills and train turn-taking and negotiation.
This product, Flexus (GXY919), is provided by KOMPAN United States.
Key Features
The steel surfaces of GALAXY are hot dip galvanized inside and outside with lead free zinc. The galvanization has excellent corrosion resistance in outside environments and requires low maintenance.
The unique designed GALAXY connection ball is made with an inner circular core of aluminium surrounded by a shell of hard PP with a outer layer of soft TPV rubber. Flexible lead free aluminium connectors allow for installation in variable angles.
GALAXY Ropes consist of six-stranded steel wires with a steel wire core. Each of the six steel strands is tightly wrapped with PES yarn, which is then melted onto the steel wires. The PES yarn is made of +95% post-consumer materials, allowing it to be highly resistant to wear and tear.
Bearing systems in heavy duty design in a maintenance free construction. All steel bearings are fully closed and lifetime lubricated.
Colored steel components has a base of hot dip galvanization and a powder coated top finish. This provides an ultimate corrosion resistance in all climates around the world.
Galaxy products are available in different color combinations with either hot dip galvanized steel surface treatment or optional with powder top finish of selected steel components. Colors of the activities are adjusted to support the individual color combination.
CO₂ emission
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GXY919000-3717
257.03
Total CO₂ emission (kg CO₂e)
3.06
CO₂e/kg (kg CO₂e/kg)
37.68%
Recycled materials
The overall framework applied for these factors is the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which quantifies "environmental information on the life cycle of a product and enables comparisons between products fulfilling the same function" (ISO, 2006). This follows the structure and applies a Life-Cycle Assessment approach to the entire Product stage from raw material through manufacturing (A1-A3).
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