Claims
- 1. A method for forming preforms for a golf club head, the preforms composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the method comprising:
placing a plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets in a mold cavity of a mold, the mold cavity configured to define a preform for a component of a golf club head; lowering a plunger head along a longitudinal axis toward the mold cavity, the plunger head configured to compress the plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets into a component of a golf club head; compressing the plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets with the plunger head to form a component of a golf club head; and removing the component of a golf club head from the mold cavity.
- 2. A method for forming a sole component for a golf club head, the sole component composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the method comprising:
placing a first plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets in a mold cavity of a mold, the mold cavity configured to define a sole component for a golf club head; lowering a first plunger head along a longitudinal axis toward the mold cavity, the first plunger head configured to compress the first plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets into a sole component for a golf club head, the plunger head composed of an elastomeric material having a durometer of 25 Shore A to 85 Shore A; compressing the first plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets with the first plunger head to form a sole component for a golf club head; replacing the first plunger head with a second plunger head, the second plunger head smaller in volume than the first plunger head; placing a second plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets in the mold cavity over the first plurality of plies of pre preg sheets; lowering the second plunger head along a longitudinal axis toward the mold cavity, the first plunger head configured to compress the second plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets into a sole component for a golf club head; compressing the second plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets with the second plunger head to form a sole component for a golf club head; removing the sole component of a golf club head from the mold cavity.
- 3. A method for forming a crown component for a golf club head, the crown component composed of plies of pre-preg sheets, the method comprising:
placing a plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets in a mold cavity, the mold cavity configured to define a crown component for a golf club head; lowering a plunger head along a longitudinal axis toward the mold cavity, the plunger head configured to compress the plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets into a crown component for a golf club head; compressing the plurality of plies of pre-preg sheets with the plunger head to form a crown component for a golf club head; and removing the crown component for a golf club head from the mold cavity.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/683,665, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/877,652, filed on Jun. 8, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,440,008, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/474,670, filed on Dec. 29, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,248,025, which is continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/958,723, filed on Oct. 23, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,010,411.
Divisions (1)
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