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USBC Equipment Specifications Manual - a comprehensive book of all USBC equipment specifications for bowling equipment

To submit one of the below forms to USBC, please download the PDF to your local drive, fill out the form and then hit the “SUBMIT TO USBC” button. You may also EMAIL EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS.

PRODUCT APPROVAL APPLICATIONS
Ball Application Form (download)
Ball Name Clearinghouse Reservation Form
Ball Cleaner Application Form
Ball Plug Application Form
Embedded Warning Application Form
Lane Conditioner Application Form
Lane Decal Application Form
Lane Surface Application Form
Pin Application Form
Pin Deck Application Form

LAB
FT-IR Analysis (SOP-LAB-1)
Viscosity (SOP-LAB-2)
Radius of Gyration Swing Calibration (SOP-LAB-5)

LANE SURFACE
Ball Plug Approval (SOP-LS-X)

PINS

Total Weight of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-1)
Locating the Center of Gravity (SOP-PIN-2)
Radius of Gyration of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-3)
Height of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-4)
Diameter of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-5)
Bowling Pin Base Hole Diameter (SOP-PIN-6)
Bowling Pin Base Radius (SOP-PIN-7)
Bowling Pin Coating Hardness Using Scleroscope (SOP-PIN-8)
Base Flat Diameter of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-10)
Synthetic Pin Vertical Balance (SOP-PIN-12)
Coefficient of Restitution of a Bowling Pin (SOP-PIN-14)
Cutting Wood Bowling Pins (SOP-PIN-15)
Pin Threshold (SOP-PIN-16)
Pin Coating Thickness - Wood Pins (SOP-PIN-17)
FT-IR Pin Percent Similarity (SOP-PIN-19)

STRING PINSETTERS
String Pinsetter Approval (SOP-STRING PIN-1)