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Article: Simulating a strike. (use of computer programs for designing bowling ball)
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- Mechanical Engineering-CIME
- Article date:
- November 1, 1997
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As serious bowlers demand different kinds of bowling balls, digital alleys are helping engineers to develop new equipment, reduce prototype costs, and shrink time to market.
Like golfers who are willing to buy a new club to execute each shot in their repertoire, serious bowlers are buying additional bowling balls appropriate for the wide variety of lane conditions encountered as they travel from one alley to another. To keep pace with these changing market conditions, engineers at Ebonite International in Hopkinsville, Ky., have added computer programs that simulate an actual bowling lane to their existing digital tool set. As a result, these engineers are developing ...