Additive-Manufactured Golf Club Face Inserts for Ball Speed Consistency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf club face inserts do not efficiently optimize ball speed consistency and performance across the face, and there is a need for efficient manufacturing using additive manufacturing techniques.
Innovation Solution
A golf club face insert comprising multiple layers of materials, including urethane and metal, with variable thickness patterns and lattice structures, manufactured via additive processes, to enhance performance and consistency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional manufacturing methods are used for face inserts, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but manufacturing precision and performance optimization are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes additive manufacturing technology to change the manufacturing parameters and processes, enabling precise control of face insert geometry, material distribution, and structural characteristics that cannot be achieved with traditional manufacturing methods
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs composite material structures in the face insert, combining different materials with varying properties to optimize performance characteristics such as ball speed consistency and spin control, which is facilitated by additive manufacturing capabilities
2Reliability
If face inserts are designed with optimized performance features, then ball speed consistency is improved, but manufacturing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Additive manufacturing enables precise control of thickness parameters, material composition, and structural geometry in the face insert, allowing optimization of ball speed consistency without compromising manufacturing efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The complex performance-optimized structures are pre-designed through digital modeling and manufacturing parameters are predetermined, allowing the additive manufacturing process to efficiently produce the optimized face insert in a single integrated process
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AI summary
A resilient, high-performance face insert for a golf club head, preferably a putter head, is disclosed herein. In particular, the face insert comprises multiple layers of material, one or more of which may be manufactured using additive printing processes, and one or more of which may comprise variable thickness patterns to optimize ball speed, spin, and other performance characteristics.