https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110705Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:20 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:05434b99-3f79-4e55-be06-0ed464820341Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The 2016 Team Titleist Ultimate Experience began at Titleist Ball Plant 3, where Jeremy Schmidt (left) and brother Dustin (right) came behind the scenes to see how we make the #1 ball in golf.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110704Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:19 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:bb09a4b0-53fd-4eb8-9945-76a68e1fd637Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The Schmidts were greeted by Bill Frye, Titleist’s Vice President of Golf Ball Operations, who shared some insights about manufacturing Pro V1 and Pro V1x before sending them on a tour of the facility.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110703Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:19 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:4e43c4a4-38cf-4076-af35-22a79c801e24Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0Titleist’s Rob Schoening was kind enough to take a break from his duties as Manager of Product and Inventory Control at Ball Plant 3 and serve as Tour Guide for the morning. After a quick visit to the Mixing Room, Rob took Jeremy and Dustin down to the ground floor, where the raw ingredients of the golf ball core are mixed into batches and rolled out into sheets of core material. You can tell from the aqua color that this material will eventually be formed into cores for Pro V1 golf balls.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110702Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:18 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:53a0e597-0b69-48f6-8576-584b571f508fRick V., Team Titleist Staff0Once the core material has been cooled and conditioned, it is fed into an extruder machine, which squeezes the material into a long cylindrical tube. This material is then sliced, forming cylindrical rods called core pre-forms or core preps. https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110701Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:17 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:1453a960-d146-42d9-99ca-8ac6575c5339Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The Schmidts exhibit amazing listening skills!https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110700Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:16 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:818d6be8-a6a2-4f76-b821-109ef9c59914Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0And who could blame them with so much cool stuff to learn about?https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110699Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:15 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:d262c038-95ee-429c-ab44-c61f736c01beRick V., Team Titleist Staff0The core preps are loaded onto trays and then fed into mold presses, where they’re cooked under pressure to create …https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110698Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:14 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:c3a879a5-2d41-4aee-b06c-6a27d5897e89Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0… cores, the engine of the Pro V1 golf ball.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110697Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:14 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:779ed0ec-18a2-4ec3-91ca-fe71cf979d96Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The molded cores are stored in large basket totes where they cool before they go through a thermoplastic injection molding process that applies an ionomeric casing layer around the core.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110696Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:13 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:0e178e7d-61cc-4de7-beb0-75bd1808152fRick V., Team Titleist Staff0On the way to cover casting operations, Rob, Jeremy and Dustin walked on a floor that features all the different sidestamps that have appeared on Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls since the first Pro V1 was introduced in 2001.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110695Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:12 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:4a8dd326-bda2-475b-b366-53163dd3e138Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0Before the urethane cover is molded, the core undergoes a plasma discharge process that ensures that the urethane material adheres properly to the ionomer casing layer.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110694Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:11 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:d4d4ef68-915e-4ebb-8d1a-f80ff37e40e4Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The urethane cover has been molded, but several steps still remain …https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110693Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:11 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:736cfaf0-567a-43fa-98ba-70b3f0825c16Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0… starting with a wardrobe change …https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110692Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:10 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:d546981d-1d20-494d-917f-51acae291018Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0… before the tour group heads into paint operations.https://www.titleist.co.uk/teamtitleist/team-titleist/m/mediagallery84/110691Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:59:09 GMT9ab519fc-5311-4952-85cd-0a0ceffb73fb:71ddd894-b2a9-47b4-8b33-ee68ffe8ad22Rick V., Team Titleist Staff0The balls receive a coat of white primer paint.