What is visco-elastic foam?

Visco-elastic foam, also called "Memory foam", has a cellular structure able to respond to the body's temperature and to conform to the body's shape. This makes it able to mantain its original shape.

Memory foam was originally developed by NASA for use by astronauts, to help them during periods of increased G-forces, such as lift off and re-entry.

The idea was to create a foam that would sense the body temperature and weight of the astronaut and then gently conform to the shape of the body, providing the perfect amount of support over an extended period of time.

Why sleeping on a Visco-elastic foam mattress?

During the years the development of this particular technology has never stopped, and started to be widely used for its particular ability to sense the body temperature and weight, and for its ability to absorb vibrations.

When we sleep, the weight of our body is normally spread on the mattress in particular areas (shoulders, hips and pelvis), which are called "pressure points". This causes a reduction of blood pressure: for this reason, even when we sleep, our body keeps moving to reduce this pressure phenomenon, and to avoid irritating formications.

Sleeping on a Visco Elastico mattress, which "remembers" the shape of the body, the weight is spread equally on the whole mattress, reducing pain and keeping a constant spinal pressure. The sleep is significantly quieter, for there are fewer changes of position during the rest.

Why ?

The Pelma Research and Development Laboratory, always trying to create better products, in collaboration with the most important raw materials suppliers, has developed a new technology based on VPF (Variable Pressure Foaming) Technology: a new kind of ViscoElastico foam, characterized by superior features, extreme softness, and highly sensitive to body temperature and weight, that gently conforms to the shape of the body, providing the perfect amount of support over an extended period of time.

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