Companies That Make Phenolic Resin Balls
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Badpenguin
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Is Cyclop still a thing? I thought they went away.
The brand has gone away but the factory still makes balls. I think Dynasphere is Cyclop with quality control added. QC is what they were lacking.
I think Vigma makes balls from polycarbonate.
In looking around for pool balls, I ran across this. I think it's a good idea to buy from known sources...
In looking around for pool balls, I ran across this. I think it's a good idea to buy from known sources...
But what about Ligma
XinBingRubber is the factory that made Cyclop and now is contracted to make D'spheres.
Vigma: http://www.vigma.com/profile.html site is dated 2005. Don't know if these are still around.
They are said to be made from a very special Kobo resin. Whatever that is. A search on "kobo" resin billiard turns up a lot of university team branded ball sets. Might be overstocks.
Raschig is the company. It has been a long time since the company made them. I think they did it for about 10 years. The made carom balls as well.
That's it. I like playing 9 ball with them. Seems like aiming is easier on a solid color.
Raschigs clinked. Prefer Aramith. Been looking for a clear cue ball though. (contact points and shit) Thanks @Bob Jewett.
Found acrylic ones on the Amazon.
Found acrylic ones on the Amazon.
Took mine out a couple months ago and was reminded of how surprisingly well they stay clean.
Keep it up and you'll be stigma.
Is Raschig a brand, produced OEM like Brunswick Centennials by Saluc, or did they have their own manufacturing facility?
Here is a thread from a while ago about Raschigs. Pool balls introduced into the US about 1988...
Raschimg german pool balls,,,,,,,,?
Does anyone out there in az land know anything about these balls?? History of them, today's market price, ect ??? I'm thanking you in advance like freddy ''the beard '' would say,,, thanks............alan........
forums.azbilliards.com
A brief search turns up Raschig as a current manufacturer of industrial plastic items and in particular packing for distillation columns. According to an internet source, we have:
Doctor Max Koebner worked for RASCHIG GmbH in Germany, when around 1937, to escape from the persecution of the Jewish, he decided to emigrate to England where he produced the 'Vitalite' ball (**).
Vitalite is a fairly well-known older ball brand. The same source shows this image, which looks to be from about 1950.That is roughly the same logo that appears in the 1989 Dufferin/Raschig ad in Billiards Digest mentioned in the link above.
From another site (about Aramith):
Commercialization of the first balls started in the sixties at a time when competition against three already well-established manufacturers was difficult. Through the continuous fine-tuning of quality and the increase of production levels, Saluc succeeded to take a major competitive lead. After Hyatt Ball, Raschig and Composition Billiard Balls all stuck with old technology finally ended their billiard ball production, Saluc became the only company worldwide producing phenolic resin billiard balls, exporting over 99% of its production to more than 100 countries.
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EPCO makes billiard balls, and their factory is right down the road from me. I never used them and I can't comment on their quality. They use thermoset which is ideal over thermoplastic due to temperature resistance.
epcomfg.com
Billiards - EPCO Manufacturing
EPCO Billiard Balls are manufactured of the highest quality Thermoset resin, with the highest standards of precision roundness, balance, and weight control.
epcomfg.com
Is that different from the phenolic resin in Aramith and Dynaspheres?