TRUE TEMPER’S NEW EQUIPMENT IMPROVES SERVICE FOR BENT PUTTER CUSTOMERS

Memphis, TN - May 30, 1996 - True Temper introduces two new service improvements for putter customers. First, samples of any bent putter shaft can be produced in less than two days. Second, production orders will be produced to tighter tolerances with greater accuracy and repeatability.

“The new computerized putter manufacturing cell has greatly improved the accuracy and repeatability of bending putters,” says True Temper President Scott Hennessy, “By reducing the engineering cycle and the manufacturing setup, we are able to produce putter samples from prints or prototypes in a matter of hours.”

A coordinate measuring machine digitizes the prototype putter shaft by mapping points along the surface of the shaft and storing them in a computer. The computer is then programmed to run a dedicated machine that automatically bends the shaft to the customer’s original specifications. The new equipment has already helped several customers obtain perfect face balancing and exact loft and lie specifications.
The new machines have also improved production speed and quality. Machine set up is as simple as loading a file from the computer. Up to  two bends and an offset can be produced automatically and consistently. True Temper’s investment in the new putter cell has more than doubled capacity.

True Temper Sports, an independent subsidiary of Black & Decker, is the world’s largest manufacturer of golf shafts. With headquarters in Memphis, TN, True Temper manufactures a full line of steel and graphite shafts.