As NIKE announces a new partnership with HP to deepen its collaboration in the 3D printing business, the potential of 3D printing to help the footwear brand create a competitive advantage once again attracts industry attention. The space that 3D printing plays in the footwear industry includes: speeding up the optimization of the product line, bringing practicality to the personalized platform of the footwear industry and integrating mobile health technology. In this way, the fiercely competitive footwear brand market will be surging, using 3D printing technology to play new tricks, and this time with netizens to review the 3D printing of the footwear industry...
Going to commercialization
Nike: For some time in the past, Nike has been pushing the "sock-style" design to improve support and fit. Pioneer's shape and indeed better performance have attracted many buyers to Nike. The sock-style design with support and fit is the area where 3D printing technology has potential.
With Nike's announcement of a partnership with HP, Nike will use the 3D printing solution provided by HP to accelerate the mass production of its sports equipment using 3D printing technology. Perhaps very quickly, when we bought Nike shoes in the store, we unknowingly bought a product with 3D printing technology. New Balance: As far as the 3D printing shoe market is concerned, it is unlikely that consumers will have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to buy a pair of nylon material shoes. However, the use of 3D printing for the midsole of the running shoe market has indeed become commercialized and has the potential to change the rules of the game.
Source: New Balance
Designing a sturdy midsole for the ergonomics, what is the difference between the pressure on the sole and the pressure on the sole that the human body steps on the floor? The human body's feet are in constant motion, and what is the pressure change on the sole? Is it possible to achieve an ideal pressure cushioning effect by increasing the density of the sole tissue at the bottom of the pressure-intensive shoe? Nervous Systems, a graduate of MIT, generates algorithm software by researching large amounts of data, helping New Balance to create unique, fully customized shoes for its customers, not only for the foot but also for the shoe owner.
New Balance's 3D printing shoes have been sold to the outside world, and the 3D printing technology used in the midsole of the shoe is SLS selective laser sintering technology.
Integrated mobile health
Source: SOLS
SOLS's 3D printed shoes, called Adaptiv, are customizable and available in a variety of materials. The 3D printed shoe body incorporates a motion sensor, and the ankle area is fitted with a 3D printed silicone airbag that monitors the wearer's wear. The action, and correspondingly change the pressure distribution inside the entire shoe to support the foot, ankle and other parts, can also change the support strength by inflation and deflation.
Source: SOLS
Even more impressive is the fact that the shoe is also equipped with a color-sensing camera and LED lights, which can change the color according to the wearer's clothing. For athletes, these shoes can better help their physical activity and improve their athletic performance through their excellent adaptability.
This uses EOS's additive manufacturing equipment.
Algorithm and custom platform
Matthew Flail is the co-founder of FOOTPRINT 3D. Through 3D scanning, shoe development and 3D printing, FOOTPRINT has formed a mature shoe development system. FOOTPRINT 3D has three main goals: the first is to reduce material waste in manufacturing and eliminate expensive molds and tooling; the second is to be tailored to the exact shape, size and support needs of the user's foot; finally they want to reduce or Completely eliminate the transitional waste caused by modern manufacturing methods.
Source: Matthew Flail
The software system developed by FOOTPRINT can precisely control the size, shape and position of the 'cell unit' in each shoe midsole design, and can produce different density midsole with special support requirements, based on scan results and algorithm models. Custom shoes for each pair. The midsole printing technology is 3D Systems' DuraForm Flex 3D nylon powder SLS selective laser sintering technology. The upper material is a heat-shrinkable wire material cooperated with Japan Shima Seiki Co., Ltd. After being integrally formed, it is put into the foot mold and fumigation, so that the wire shrinks and the upper is perfectly fitted to the foot surface.
Shining into the future of reality
Designer brand: Similar to the jewelry industry, the luxury trend of consumption, the designer ZoeDai's design is excellent representative of the trend: the designer is no longer hidden behind the brand, but through the Internet platform model Show these personalized design products directly to consumers and reach a deal.
Foldable shoes:
Probably think that the shoes are too standing in the trunk, and the reproducible Recreus has also developed 3D printed shoes that can be folded in pockets.
Seeing such a lens, I always saw hope for the helpless Xiaobian who said that it was suddenly raining. Such shoes can usually put a pair in the pocket, and it will rain. If you change it, you don't have to worry about the new shoes being ruined. And don't worry about getting it, you can use Makerbot to print a pair of shoes like this. The unsuccessful amoeba: London designer Shams Aden and researchers based on the principle of renewable synthetic protocell particles, using 3D printing technology to develop a bio-running shoe that can repair itself overnight. bar". This kind of biological running shoes is like a layer of skin that fits perfectly with your feet, making it a new way to support and protect your feet. It also reacts to stress, motion, light or heat, expanding in specific areas of the run, providing additional cushioning for a more comfortable wearer, and automatic damage repair.
Print your own shoes: 3D Systems' Cubify 3D printing platform has launched a free CAD design service for downloading shoes online, so users can print their shoes at home in one night, but although it sounds good, the market reaction is not positive, then In addition to other main reasons, 3D Systems closed the Cubify 3D printing platform in 2016, and this model also temporarily bid farewell to the rivers and lakes.
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