Surface treating method for golf club head
View Patent ↗A surface treating method for a golf club head includes applying polishing pretreatment on a golf club head and grinding at least one surface of the golf club head with a resilient grinding rod. The resilient grinding rod includes at least one resilient matrix and at least one kind of grinding particles. The resilient matrix is resin or rubber. The resilient matrix has a hardness within a range of Shore A 70 and Shore D 80. The resilient grinding rod includes a grinding end that possesses an inclined grinding face having inclination with an angle θ with respect to a longitudinal axis of the grinding rod.
1. A surface treating method for a golf club head, comprising:
applying polishing pretreatment on a golf club head on which having at least one corner; and
grinding at least one surface of the corner of the golf club head with a resilient grinding rod;
wherein the resilient grinding rod comprises at least one resilient matrix and at least one kind of grinding particles;
wherein said at least one resilient matrix is resin or rubber;
wherein said at least one resilient matrix has a hardness within a range of Shore A 70 and Shore D 80; and
wherein the resilient grinding rod comprises a grinding end including an inclined grinding face for use in grinding the corner of the golf club head.
2. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one surface of the golf club head has a maximum surface roughness R max smaller than 25 μm after the step of applying polishing pretreatment on a golf club head.
3. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resilient matrix is selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomers, unsaturated polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate resin, epoxy resins, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, acrylic resin, polybutadiene resin, styrene butadiene copolymers and combinations thereof.
4. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grinding particles are selected from the group consisting of garnet powder, aluminum oxide, cerium dioxide, silicon dioxide, zirconium oxide, diamond, sapphire, boron nitride, boron carbide, silicon carbide, and combinations thereof.
5. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grinding particles have an average diameter ranging between 60 meshes/square inches and 400 meshes/square inches.
6. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the golf club head comprises a back cavity of undercut type.
7. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the resilient grinding rod grinds at least one corner of the back cavity.
8. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one surface of the golf club head has a maximum surface roughness R max ranging between 7 μm and 1 μm after the step of grinding at least one surface of the golf club head.
9. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod is an ordinary cone.
10. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod is an oblique cone for providing the inclined grinding surface, and wherein the grinding end has a tip mis-aligned with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.
11. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod comprises a cutting face, and wherein the grinding end has a tip mis-aligned with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.
12. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inclined grinding face has an angle within a range of 15-75 degrees with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.
13. A surface treating method for a golf club head, comprising:
applying polishing pretreatment on a wood-type golf club head on which having at least one recess portion with at least one corner; and
grinding the corner of the golf club head with a resilient grinding rod;
wherein the resilient grinding rod comprises at least one resilient matrix and at least one kind of grinding particles;
wherein said at least one resilient matrix is resin or rubber;
wherein said at least one resilient matrix has a hardness within a range of Shore A 70 and Shore D 80; and
wherein the resilient grinding rod comprises a grinding end including an inclined grinding face for use in grinding the corner of the golf club head.
14. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the resilient matrix is selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomers, unsaturated polyesters, polyethylene terephthalate resin, epoxy resins, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide, acrylic resin, polybutadiene resin, styrene butadiene copolymers and combinations thereof.
15. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the grinding particles are selected from the group consisting of garnet powder, aluminum oxide, cerium dioxide, silicon dioxide, zirconium oxide, diamond, sapphire, boron nitride, boron carbide, silicon carbide, and combinations thereof.
16. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod is an ordinary cone.
17. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod is an oblique cone for providing the inclined grinding surface, and wherein the grinding end has a tip misaligned with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.
18. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the grinding end of the resilient grinding rod comprises a cutting face, and wherein the grinding end has a tip mis-aligned with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.
19. The surface treating method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the inclined grinding face has an angle within a range of 15-75 degrees with a longitudinal axis of the resilient grinding rod.