Method for manufacturing a golf club head
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a golf club head. The method comprises using a bladder with an open face and a flange clamped over the open face during pressurization and molding. In a preferred embodiment, the bladder is composed of a material with a higher rigidity than latex.
1. A method for manufacture of a wood-type golf club head, the method comprising:
wrapping a resin impregnated reinforcing fiber around a bladder, the bladder having an open face and a flange disposed over the open face;
clamping the flange for pressurization and molding;
placing the bladder inside a mold, the mold having a shape of a wood-type golf club head;
pressurizing the bladder in the mold;
heating the mold to cure the resin impregnated reinforcing fiber; and
removing the wood-type golf club head from the mold.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the bladder is composed of a material that has a higher rigidity than latex.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the bladder does not include a neck.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the wood-type golf club head is a driver-type golf club head.
5. A method for manufacture of a wood-type golf club head, the method comprising:
wrapping a resin impregnated reinforcing fiber around a neckless bladder, the neckless bladder having an open face and a flange disposed over the open face, the flange clamped;
placing the neckless bladder inside a mold, the mold having a shape of a wood-type golf club head;
forming a bladder/mold assembly;
pressurizing the neckless bladder in the mold,
heating the mold to cure the resin impregnated reinforcing fiber; and
removing the wood-type golf club head from the mold.
6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the neckless bladder is comprised of a material with a higher rigidity than latex.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the wood-type golf club head is a driver-type golf club head.