• To explorer an application for digital design and additive manufacturing (AM) in personalization of sports products.
• To determine if the production based on AM of golf club heads is feasible for both iron and driver type club heads.
• Develop a design and manufacturing process to meet the personalization demands of customers.
• To develop internal structures in golf club heads to optimize the performance.
• To develop a test club to experimentally obtain information about the orientation of the club head during the golf swing.
• Analyze and optimize dynamic & aerodynamic efficiency of club heads

• AM makes it possible the personalize golf clubs quickly and cost effectively.
  • Any physical club head parameter can be custom built.
• AM makes it possible to incorporate new design parameters into the club head to optimize performance, i.e. FGP.
• A test club can be used to gather user specific data for design of club heads.
• An improved personalized design process is developed.

• Customer can:
  • Select major components
  • Change dimensions within certain range limits
• Customer can’t:
  • Change major components
  • Directly design components
  • Have product designed for their exact needs
• Manufacturing
  • Forging
  • Casting

• Customer can:
  • Directly print the master/end product
  • Change dimensions without limitations
  • Have product designed for their exact needs
• Manufacturing
  Additive Manufacturing

Pros & Cons of Forging 

1. Great material properties
2. High cost production
3. Master part needed
4. Long lead time
5. Good surface finish
6. Limitation in advising complex geometry

Pros & Cons of Casting    

1. Satisfactory material properties
2. Low cost production
3. Master part needed
4. Long lead time
5. Poor surface finish
6. Limitation in advising complex geometry

Pros & Cons of AM

1. Good material properties
2. Higher cost production
3. No master part needed
4. Single step manufacturing process
5. Short lead time
6. Unlimited design possibilities