Fabricating sports equipment components via powder metallurgy

Powder metallurgy (P/M) offers a viable, cost-effective approach to fabrica ting sports and leisure equipment components. Both complex, monolithic part s and parts produced from materials of quite different densities can be man ufactured by this technique. In the latter category, lightweight titanium a nd heavyweight tungsten can be used in combination to optimally distribute mass, such as in golf club heads. Examples of PIM components used in golfin g, skating, baseball, and even darts are presented.