They also use a high-speed camera that shoots five million frames per second to see ball compression and spin. It's one of a handful of cameras with that capability in the entire country. An on-site weather station allows the engineers to factor climate changes into a club s performance. For instance, graphite shafts are made of a compound of several different materials and will flex differently in hot and cold weather, whereas steel shafts keep a more consistent flex. Abshire points out that all Ping shafts, as well as the grips, are designed by Ping and made by the top manufacturers in their respective markets.
Ping prides itself on efficiency, and they indeed run a pretty tight ship in the Phoenix factory.
Very few clubs are made until they are ordered, meaning the company keeps little stock inventory on hand. Clubs go from station to station, getting cut, buffed, epoxied, gripped, hammered into shape, hand-painted and cleaned. At the gripping station, workers can grip 20 sets per hour, and they look like they are having fun doing it. A club is placed on a swivel and double-sided tape is applied to the end of the shaft. Then the worker gives the club a fling and the tape winds around the twirling club.