![]() For adidas, the 3D printing industry lacked the production-grade elastomers needed for a demanding athletic footwear application. Prints are often painfully slow, require wasteful part supports that are ultimately thrown in the trash, and use materials that are vastly inferior to those used for production, resulting in weak and brittle parts. 3D printers are generally not designed for manufacturing scale. Confronted with this challenge, the adidas team shifted its focus to the possibility of 3D printing midsoles to unlock the design freedom needed to enhance shoe performance.ģD printing has previously been used mostly to prototype products in development before they were produced with traditional manufacturing techniques. Although they can be assembled from multiple parts through a labor-intensive process, this introduces multiple potential points of failure. Midsoles cannot be injection or compression molded in one piece with properties that vary across the part. ![]() But their latest idea-creating shoes with variable properties across the midsole to improve shoe performance for different sports-presented a difficult hurdle. In close collaboration with the Carbon team, adidas is leveraging the Carbon DLS process and EPU 41 3D printing material.Īdidas continues to challenge the industry with its relentless focus on innovation to improve the performance of athletic apparel. ![]() ![]() Together, we are developing the first mass-production process that makes previously impossible midsole geometries with revolutionary 3D-printable materials, paving the way for custom, high-performance shoes that meet the unique needs of each customer. Menu icon Three short horizontal bars, aligned parallel to each otherĪdidas and Carbon are creating the next breakthrough in athletic footwear, leveraging the Carbon Digital Light Synthesis™ (Carbon DLS™) 3D printing process to bring a new product and platform to life: Futurecraft 4D. ![]()
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