Balancing Equipment

Whether nursery school, school grounds, public playground or park: balancing equipment fits well between larger items of play equipment or at the edge of a space. The wobbly bridge, balance beam, balance beam module and balance plate set are intended for childcare centres from nursery school age and are recommended from the age of four, the net walkway from as young as two. For the youngest children in the under-3s nursery, we have our play equipment for toddlers.

The wobbly bridge, made of aluminium, has two handrails and nine stepping beams, which are connected by chains and give slightly underfoot as children step across. On the net walkway, also made of aluminium, children walk across a net with stepping bars. The balance beam is a wooden beam four metres long, around 40 centimetres above the ground. On the balance beam module, a sheathed steel cable above the beam provides support, and the four balance plates can be arranged freely in the space to form a course of your own.

Balancing trains balance, coordination and body control. The German Statutory Accident Insurance calls the ability to balance a central building block of safe movement that should be practised early. For multi-generational areas and fitness courses, you will find further balancing equipment such as the Balance rope and the Shaky bridge among our outdoor fitness equipment.

For all balancing equipment in this category, the free height of fall is at most 60 centimetres, and under 50 centimetres for the balance beam and the balance beam module. For these heights, DGUV Information 202-022 also lists grass and topsoil in its table of ground surfaces; the surface must be level and free of obstacles. Which ground surfaces are permitted for which height is shown by our safety surfacing calculation.

What counts for planning is the impact area, and it is larger than the equipment: 700 by 310 centimetres for the balance beam, 620 by 430 for the net walkway, 600 by 420 for the wobbly bridge and 510 by 320 for the balance beam module. For the balance plate set, it is 150 centimetres around each plate, with 50 centimetres of spacing between the plates.

The wobbly bridge, net walkway, balance beam and balance beam module are anchored in two to four foundations of 50 by 50 by 50 centimetres, the balance plates each in a smaller foundation. The balance beam is made of pressure-treated spruce wood; the wobbly bridge, net walkway and balance beam module are made of powder-coated aluminium in red or anthracite; the balance plates are made of hot-dip galvanised steel with stepping surfaces made of HDPE.