Shaping and Graphics Application Molding Milling Department Department Department AFACTOR Computer-assisted milling machines Graphics are applied to the back of The wooden core and various layers are shape the wood core and aluminum sheets clear plastic top sheets using a stacked in a mold, polyurethane foam is that serve as the backbone of the ski. heat-transfer process. injected into the mold, and then the mold is placed in a press that fuses the parts together. Grinding and Sanding Finishing and Pairing Department Department Finished Goods The semi-finished skis are tuned by stone A skilled technician selects skis to grinding and belt sanding. The ski edges are form a pair and adjusts the skis' X-FACTOR X-FACTOR X-FACTOR X-FACTOR beveled and polished. camber. *Adapted from Bill Gout, Jesse James Doquilo, and Studio M D, "Capped Crusaders," Skiing, October 1993, pp. 138-144