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HERON01 Running Shoe

R_Shoes — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:02:59 +0000

Footwear company Zellerfeld has partnered with designer Heron Preston, to manufacture a unique sneaker line. Calling it the “HERON01,” this slip-on running shoe has a seamless, circular design with no stitching or adhesives, allowing it to be fully recycled at the end of its use. The sneakers materials can be reused endlessly, but only a small number of pairs are being sold via a StockX raffle, so only a chosen few will get to sample them. Zellerfeld uses 3D printing to develop experimental footwear with novel unibody designs, that can be customized to meet individual wearers’ needs.

CEO Cornelius Shmitt gained industrial engineering experience from studying at the Clausthal University of Technology. By adopting his approach, he says that upcoming designers can enter short-run production without having to pay upfront for molds, or outsourcing production. Zellerfeld also markets its technology as a greener alternative to conventional footwear production processes, with the defense that 3D printed shoes are created with software, not assembly lines. The HERON01 is modeled to look like its namesake in the natural world. The sneaker’s scale-like aesthetics are meant to mimic those of a Heron’s feet, while the sole features a claw-life design. It has been reported that a limited run of the sneakers will later be made available via Zellerfeld this month.

Original Article: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/zellerfelds-recyclable-3d-printed-sneaker-to-reshape-footwear-for-the-better-197200/

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Hilos Zero-Waste Company

R_Shoes — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:47:40 +0000

Designing footwear to be made on a 3D printer requires moving away from a lot of traditional wisdom about shoemaking. This company had to investigate pre-industrial ways of making shoes, to help get ideas of how to go about these. The ending result was a product that fits the shopping moment and Portland environmental ethics. This gives us a personalized shoe that it remotely tailored to the customer’s measurements, that requires no inventory until the order is placed. The shoes can also be disassembled, removed, and repurposed. The company is Hilos, and they are the winner of this year’s PitchfestNW, where a panel of judges crowned the company.

Hilos is founded by Stahl and Gaia Giladi, from a field of startups. Stahl and Giladi moved to Portland to start Hilos, with the hopes to be near Nike and Adidas. The company’s goal is zero-waste, additive footwear. Their shoes help bring performance, durability, and customization to 3D printing; all their shoes are premium and luxurious. The two founders saw the innovation and customization that 3D printing can bring, and how much footwear can use it. They felt footwear was missing a lot of the technology that could be useful. They have a very good approach and very useful ideas. I look forward to seeing what Hilos can do for 3D printed shoes in the future. To view the entire video interview, be sure to click on the link below!

Original Article: https://www.wweek.com/technology/2020/12/07/hilos-is-a-cinderella-story-with-the-slipper-made-on-a-3-d-printer/

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J-Supplied 3D Printing

R_Shoes — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:58:19 +0000

J-Supplied 3D offers 3D printing solutions for a variety of industries. Their 3D manufacturing facility offers multiple options, with 20 Craftbot 3D printers with the capability to print advanced thermoplastics and other materials. J-Supplied 3D says the Craftbot IDEX printer is the most productive to achieve continuous printing. What sets the company apart from other manufacturing facilities, is how committed they are to the protection of people and the environment. Their materials are made up of roughly 85 to 90 percent recycled materials. This is important because sustainability and recyclability are the future focus of 3D printing. According to the IUCN, about 300 million tons of plastic are produced annually, with bout 8 million ending up on the ocean.

Recently, J-Supplied was approached by Adidas for a unique project. Adidas tasked J-Supplied with 3D printing an Adidas shoe that was made entirely of recycled plastics. To provide the shoes for Adidas, J-Supplied required a system that could meet the speed and consistency needed, and the versatility to work with different filaments. Using Craftbot’s user-friendly 3D printers, they found everything they needed and more. Craftbot offers the benefit of accurate repeatability, across multiple batches. By printing their models and final pieces, J-Supplied saved considerable time and money. J-Supplied is now looking to 3D print-on-demand shoes in low batches to sell as exclusives. This was Adidas can continue their sustainability mission to end plastic waste while offering innovative products. Aside from 3D printed shoes, J-Supplied has expanded the idea of using 3D printing for home furnishing and buttons on garments.

Original Article: https://all3dp.com/4/adidas-in-3d-printing-running-towards-a-sustainable-movement/

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100 Percent 3D Shoes

R_Shoes — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 00:53:59 +0000

Heron Preston is venturing into the world of 3D printed footwear. The director of the company has teamed up with Zellerfeld Shoe company Inc., who is focused on 3D printing manufacturing solutions for footwear. The partnership combines Preston’s vision, designs from footwear concepts, and Zellerfeld’s 3D printing technology. Zellerfeld uses a commercial 3D printer called the “Monolith.” Standing 6-feet tall, the Monolith is large, but low-cost compared to other industrial units. The footwear material is a thermoplastic polyurethane flexible polymer that uses no glue or water in construction. Environmentally, the process also works well for reducing shipping impact and shortening delivery times.

The 3D printed shoes can take 24 hours or longer to be made, making it more timely than traditional footwear. But the Monolith machine can print a shoe which is 100 percent recyclable and custom-fitted to the wearer. When a pair of shoes break down or the consumer no longer wants it, they can send it back. The shoe will then be broken down and the materials will be used to print another shoe. There is no set launch date for the footwear collaboration yet because it is still in the early stages. The vision is to have a place in New York City where people can come in, scan their feet, and have their shoes on the spot. I look forward to seeing where Preston and Zellerfeld take their project.

Original Article: https://wwd.com/sustainability/innovation/heron-preston-3d-printed-shoes-footwear-sustainability-zellerfeld-shoe-company-1234633686/

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Determination For The Perfect Shoe

R_Shoes — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:53:00 +0000

In an industrial park near Charlottesville’s mall, there are 3D printers producing shoes thanks to Dr. Casey Kerrigan. She built a laboratory at the University of Virginia to help her study the way that people move. By using cameras in a room she was able to pick up where the hip, knee, and other centers of the body are. Kerrigan also used force plates to see how much impact there is at the joints. One of the findings was that high heels increased pressure on the knee joint by 26 percent. Women’s shoes, especially high heels, can be very bad for your feet. Any heel will add pressure on the knees, and to add to it toe boxes are not good for those with wide feet.

Using the data she gathered and the help from a grant Kerrigan designed and created athletic shoes and sandals. She decided to call the brand OESH that is shoe “upside down and inside out.” People who walk and run need something very springy, and the upper part of OESH does just that. The stretchy fabric breathes and the sole is made from a material that feels like hard rubber. You can also shred the soles and put them right back into a 3D printer to print a new pair of sandals. It has been found however that the material does not wear down very easily. Somebody even hiked 4,000 miles on a trail with a pair. Sales have doubled every since production started in 2011. Ever since Kerrigan figured out the impact high heels does on your knees, she made it her goal to make a shoe that does no harm.

Original Article: http://wvtf.org/post/cinderella-story-cville-doc-determined-craft-perfect-shoe

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3D Printed Clothing And Shoes

R_Shoes — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 01:31:00 +0000

3D printing has really changed how we manufacture a lot of products such as limbs, 3D printed shoes, and aircraft parts. Fashion designers have unveiled shoes and clothing made from 3D printing, which I have mentioned before is plastic material being deposited layer upon layer to create. Recently Dutch designer showed off a 3D printed dress at Paris’ Fashion Week. Many experts see a day when we will be able to print customized clothing right in the store, or even from 3D printers we have in our homes. This could especially be true for 3D printed footwear that is customized to the wearer’s needs. The first 3D printed dresses were made of scratchy plastic that bothered models that wore them. It was discovered by Danit Peleg that FilaFlex, the flexible rubbery material fits the curve of the body really nicely. Now she can print an entire outfit including shoes and sunglasses.

Not only are convenience and customization advantages of 3D printed apparel but recyclability is as well. 3D printed clothes can be dumped into blender-like machines that can turn the plastics into a powder that can be reused to print something new. One of the challenges, for now, is that even small 3D printers can cost several hundred dollars. A printer that is capable of printing human-sized clothing is beyond the reach of traditional consumers. As for 3D printed shoes, they could become common over the next decade; which is why 3DShoes.com is so intrigued. Shoes will be more accessible for people to print at home than clothing because they’re smaller and less expensive. This is seen truer for children’s shoes since there is even less that needs to be printed.

Original Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/soon-you-may-be-able-3d-print-clothing-your-own-ncna848646

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3D Printing And Ferrofluid Combined In Display

R_Shoes — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:29:00 +0000

Ferrofluid is a liquid with magnetically reactive properties, and was created by NASA with the intent of being used in rocket fuel. It was going to be bonded to a fuel source and used in a weightless environment.

This fuel could be drawn into the rocket’s engines with a magnetic field instead of needing pumps or gravity to do it. Today, however, it is mostly used GIFs (graphics interchange format) on social media. Recently it has been rediscovered by Nike to sell a new line of sneakers in an amazing display.

An advertising company that calls itself Guild created Nike’s display. Instead of a boring display of Nike’s jet-black shoe, the end result shows how the inky liquid reacts to magnets to help get the attention of consumers. This is because magnetic particles in the fluid cause it to stay in liquid form. The particles have a compound coating that keeps them from clumping together.

Guild started creating a 3D printed replica of the Kevin Durant shoes that were being displayed. The detailed prints show each individual lace, stitch, and crease that is on the sneaker. It’s so real you would have a hard time believing it was just a display at first glance.

For the display to work the shoe needed to have magnets inside of it to make the ferrofluid react to it. This technology was used just to create a detailed replica of a shoe. Imagine the same technology being applied to wearable shoes such as those on 3DShoes.com. The possibilities could be endless.

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Knitted Shoes To Help With Recycling

R_Shoes — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 00:25:00 +0000

With 3D printed shoes there is no such thing as too much innovation. The more original ideas we come up with the more success 3D printing will bring to the shoe industry.

There is one problem faced in the shoe industry, and that’s figuring out how to recycle materials used in sneakers. Ammo Liao has come up with a solution for this problem. He created the bio-knit shoe, which is created from a type of plastic that can be recycled like you would a plastic bottle.

The shoe is woven and heated to help forming the upper part of the shoe. The inner part of the shoe is laser-etched, and it’s sole is 3D printed. The heating is important because it helps change the physical properties of the shoe.

Liao uses a 3D knitting machine that can treat the various parts the way they are needed, stiffening some of the parts and softening the others. Combining 3D printing and 3D knitting to create shoes could bring some great ending results that we could someday see available on 3DShoes.com.

The impressive part about Liao is that he is just one person on his own competing against big companies like Nike and Adidas. His shoes give that nice homemade feeling while at the same time still remaining very high tech.

Another advantage his shoes has over others is that they can easily be repaired. His concept of 3D knitted and printed shoes will be able to be applied to a number of products, while still being able to be easily recycled.

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