The Powerlifting Plates line project started from the idea of producing calibrated steel plates, machined from solid steel on CNC machines and finished with epoxy powder coating.
Tests, however, revealed the inadequacy of even the most resistant coatings with respect to the use of the plates, wear and tear, but also with respect to the various production steps. In practice, the discs showed blemishes right from the production stage.
It was therefore decided to adopt a different finish, by means of high-strength chrome plating, in order to guarantee a level of quality and aesthetic durability appropriate to the type of product.
However, mirror-finished chrome plating presented further aesthetic problems, which made it unsuitable for the intense and spartan use typical of powerlifting.
This led to the decision to proceed by means of further micro-blasting processing on the central part of the plate and on the smooth side, the one not machined and calibrated, by removing the material.
The result: an aesthetically beautiful plate, perfectly calibrated, very thin, and extremely resistant to wear.
In order to comply with international standards concerning the chromatic recognizability of plates, it was then decided to proceed by painting the engraved graphics, which are also necessary for weight calibration, and implementing a colored silicone ring, placed in a special recess in the head of the plate. This solution guarantees immediate and perfect recognition of the weight.
Considering the aesthetically and technically relevant result, we were tempted to implement the engraving of the painted graphics on both sides. However, the choice of the single-sided disc, calibrated by material removal on one side only, stood out against the need for a maximally thin disc.
The removal of material on both sides would inevitably have resulted in the production of a disc with a slightly greater thickness. In this case, too, we preferred, albeit by a few mm, to favor the technical aspects.
Powerlifting Plates – Available weights:
9036/6 Plate kg 0,25 +/-1,5% diameter 118 mm- thickness 5 mm – chromed
9037/6 Plate kg 0,5 +/-1,0% diameter 138 mm – thickness 6 mm – chromed
9038/6 Plate kg 1,25 +/-1,0% diameter 158 mm – thickness 10 mm – chromed
9039/6 Plate kg 2,5 +/-1,0% diameter 208 mm- thickness 11 mm – chromed
9040/6 Plate kg 5 +/-0,5% diameter 238 mm – thickness 17 mm – chromed + markers white
9042/6 Plate kg 10 +/-0,5% diameter 318 mm – thickness 18 mm – chromed + markers green
9043/6 Plate kg 15 +/-0,5% diameter 378 mm – thickness 19 mm – chromed + markers yellow
9044/6 Plate kg 20 +/-0,5% diameter 450 mm – thickness 18 mm – chromed + marker blue
9046/6 Plate kg 25 +/-0,5% diameter 450 mm – thickness 22 mm – chromed + markers red
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