| Everyone knows that a composite and a wooden | | | | and the list of things made from polymer |
| bat to a lesser degree becomes a far more | | | | fiber composites increases every day. |
| effective bat after 500-600 hits but not | | | | |
| everyone understands why? Is there some magic | | | | The Problem |
| involved? Also, if a bat can get better with | | | | |
| use is is possible that the opposite is true? | | | | Composite bats made by this process using |
| Is there some process by which a bat can | | | | graphite are fantastic but they do have one |
| become less effective for hitting balls? | | | | shortcoming when they come off the assembly |
| | | | line. That is that the polymers and the |
| A Worse Bat | | | | fibers are in fact too solidly bound together |
| | | | reducing the "spring". The problem is that |
| The truth is that there are a number of | | | | there is no point in the process where this |
| things that can be done to a bat to make it | | | | can be remedied without effecting the |
| worse such as painting it with a triple thick | | | | integrity of the overall process. |
| coat of enamel. Its all hypothetical though, | | | | |
| because there really is no point in making a | | | | A Better Process for a Better Bat |
| bat less effective at that it is used for. | | | | |
| | | | By rolling a composite bat between to hard |
| Composites in Manufacturing | | | | rummer wheels the bat is effectively broken |
| | | | in by duplicating the same process that would |
| The group of materials that are used in the | | | | take place by hitting 500-600 balls. There is |
| manufacture of a composite bat are used to | | | | one notable difference though and that is |
| make numerous consumer items. Fibers of | | | | that by doing it with a rolling machine, the |
| graphite, carbon or glass, bound together by | | | | process is distributed evenly over the entire |
| polymers in a linear fashion and that is it. | | | | bat eliminating any weak or soft spots. |
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