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Netform is InCord's steel-reinforced climbing rope, a six-strand construction built around a steel core for bridges, tunnels, and climbing structures where high traffic and long-term form retention matter more than the softer feel of plain synthetic rope. It's offered in 16mm and 18mm diameters and a range of color options to match a structure's design intent.

InCord's product documentation specifies the six-strand steel-reinforced construction and the two standard diameters, positioning Netform specifically for climbing structures rather than general safety netting applications, where a rope needs to hold its shape under repeated grabbing, pulling, and full body-weight loading without going slack or losing form over years of continuous outdoor use.

For a New England climbing structure exposed to freeze-thaw cycling and heavy seasonal moisture, a rope's ability to retain shape and tension matters as much as raw strength. A steel-reinforced core resists the sag and stretch that plain fiber rope develops after repeated wet-dry and freeze-thaw cycles, which keeps handholds and rungs predictable for climbers and reduces the frequency of re-tensioning during routine maintenance.

InCord designs and fabricates custom net bridges and tunnels to a project's exact structural layout rather than offering only fixed off-the-shelf sizes, engineering each system for its own strength and installation requirements. These structures are built for aerial adventure courses, playground climbing systems, and themed environments, and are fabricated specifically for the dimensions and load conditions of the site they're installed on.

Because each bridge or tunnel is custom fabricated, InCord's engineers and designers work directly with the buyer's project drawings, so the finished net structure is matched to its specific span length, height, anchor points, and connecting structures rather than adapted from a generic catalog part, a process InCord describes as core to how it builds its play and adventure course netting.

Custom fabrication is a meaningful advantage for retrofit projects common in New England, where an older wooden or metal play structure needs a bridge or tunnel connector added to an irregular gap between existing towers. Rather than forcing a standard-size net to fit, a custom net can be built to the actual measured span and existing anchor hardware, which keeps the retrofit within a realistic municipal or school renovation budget.

InCord's sports and adventure division supplies the netting components used to build aerial adventure courses, including custom cargo nets, climbing nets, three-dimensional net structures, and safety netting, designed in coordination with the buyer's engineers to create elevated, multi-level courses rather than ground-level play equipment alone.

The company describes its role as working directly with a course's designers and engineers to build custom components matched to the specific course layout, height, and challenge level, drawing on the same rope and netting product families, Netform reinforced rope, knotted and knotless netting, and specialty fibers, used throughout its broader catalog.

Aerial adventure courses have grown into a popular add-on revenue feature at New England ski areas, campgrounds, and outdoor recreation centers looking to extend their operating season beyond winter sports. Because these courses carry higher fall-height risk than a standard playground, sourcing netting components from a manufacturer with documented UV-stable, low-stretch, high-strength materials is a meaningful piece of the safety and insurance record an operator needs to keep on file.