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Carbon Composite Body
The Process of Making a Carbon Composite Clubhead
Carbon composite begins as woven strands of fine, black carbon fiber – each fiber is approximately one tenth of the thickness of a human hair. Individual carbon fibers are combined and impregnated with epoxy resin to make carbon composite ‘pre-preg’.
Multiple layers of carbon composite pre-preg are laid into a tool which is the shape of the driver body. Each piece lays in a different direction from the one on top of it or below it, in order to create strength when the fiber hardens. At this point, internal weights are inserted to build draw, neutral, or fade biased clubheads.
Each tool has two sides—the sole and crown of the clubhead. The two sides are brought together then put into an oven. A bladder is inflated inside the tool pushing the carbon composite pre-preg against the wall of the tool.
At a certain temperature, the epoxy resin flows between layers of carbon fiber. When it’s cooled, the epoxy solidifies and all the layers of carbon fiber are fused into one very strong shell. The process is called compression molding.