Sports shoes, it seems, are finally about to usher in the change that belongs to them. This is my first exclamation after watching Adidas 4D running shoes.. After waiting for more than a month and getting my hands and feet, I can only change ” like” to ” sure”. This sole is not only easy to wear, but also its complexity and unisexual deformation have exceeded my expectations. In the future, everyone will be able to submit data according to their own size and foot type, and then the midsole will be customized by professional manufacturers through this kind of additive manufacturing method..
I remember five years ago, when I was still working in the TV station, I made a 3D printed film. About ten minutes later, I interviewed many industry experts at that time. I don’t know how they are today.. Anyway, the technology at that time was still in the initial stage of play and conceptual design. I didn’t expect to be able to put on such shoes on one foot and run away like this today.. If that were another five years, wouldn’t it be the technology that would go to heaven.
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General outline of future craft 4d
This pair of shoes has a very large toe-up radian. We measured an elevation angle of about 35 degrees parallel to the ground. It looks even more warped than the photos on the official website. At first glance, it’s kind of like a buyer’s show and a seller’s show. Three poles, using 3M’s thinnest coating, are very low – key. They don’t take flash shots. They are basically black and gray..
Buyers show
Seller show
I don’t know whether it is to echo the hole in the sole or what, this time the knitted fabric upper has a very large hole, so I don’t even need to think about ventilation. It must be great. Wearing it outside directly means that the chill wind is pouring in automatically.
If you wear white socks, you can match the black-and-white effect
The outsole is still the ” horse” outsole, which increases the anti-skid ability of the outsole when it meets water and smooth ground. Instead of exposing the midsole material like UB, it gently exposes the complex structural contour of the midsole. Since then, we can find that the core technology or materials on the sole are not from Adidas itself, but from other leaders in the vertical industry. Adidas is only responsible for providing data and professional sports shoe integration programs..
The whole sole is its own data
The structure of the sole is the key. 20000 such struts and supports hold up the midsole of the whole pair of shoes, but from the point of view of the heel, different sizes can be found, each area can also give different foot sensation, and the heel at least has the longest cushioning stroke..
Full of elasticity
sink Obvious
About the stance of the takeoff heel when landing and running, such as the moving picture below, basically belongs to a running shoe with better support and a longer cushioning stroke.. In the traditional sense, TPU embedded in the midsole and PU or EVA or the recently mentioned olefin cushioning material are all deconstructed and integrated through a whole solution.
There is no sense of shock after taking off in situ and landing on the ground
It’s no problem to fall to the ground after running
Arch support is stable enough
The outside landing of the front palm is also stable
The only drawback is that the sole is still too narrow
In a word, these shoes have adopted the simple outline of Ultra Boost and the material settings of the outsole, and then become more distinctive. They have also started very stably and are already a pair of qualified running shoes.. Only because the sole of the shoe does not conform to the Asian’s wider foot type data, people with wider feet will feel sour on both sides of the foot when running, and they need to actively adjust their running posture without turning out at all, so they will not feel sore..
The Core Technology of Future Craft 4D Joining with Carbon
With ADIDAS official map, we can see more subtle textures on each bracket, which is not completely smooth. This is the manufacturing trace left by the bracket when the liquid level is solidified..
The subtleties are more subtle
However, this kind of scaffold deconstruction is not the result of traditional 3D printing, in which resin is extruded from the spout of the material and then stacked layer by layer, but a liquid E – PU material ( stretchable polyurethane material: E= Elastomeric ) Stretch out slowly and then pass through the result of light curing in time. The whole revolutionary technical form is called in 3D printing circles CLIP – Continuous Liquid Interface Production.
Like soaking the midsole in milk
Pull up slowly, and the light will solidify and shape it
In an hour or even tens of minutes, the sole can ” float” out of the liquid surface
This technology was originally developed by a team of professors from North Carolina University. It was inspired by the robot T 1000, which could not be beaten or killed in Terminator 2 movies and could be turned into molten steel and be revived..
T 1000 Resurrection Process
liquid metal robot
This . The kind of material called carbon’ s EPU 40 was selected from more than 150 kinds of formulations, which has high elasticity and durability, and can be dyed to achieve this light green effect, which is in line with the fresh color selected by ADIDAS’s designers through painstaking efforts..
It is a bit similar to AB glue and should be used together when printing
This is some of the case solutions that Carbon offered to customers during the material acceptance process to combine the cushioning material with the template support structure..
Lattice morphology
Shock absorber morphology
At present, Carbon has taken several rounds of financing as an American start-up company, the latest round of which has reached the level of 200 million US dollars.. Moreover, the investment institutions and companies are all big companies with industry resources and practical products such as Google, Adidas, Autodesk and General Electric, and even Fidelity and Sequoia, the mainstream financial investment funds, are among them.. There is no lack of such cases as Adidas, being a shareholder and directly becoming a customer at the same time..
There will be many other types of printed shoes in the future
In order to prove that this is just the beginning, Adidas himself is also serious, releasing many other spy photos, including basketball shoes, casual shoes and vintage shoes, instead of the same shoes, many colors. As I thought, this structural material is slowly climbing up the vamp and becoming a lateral support.
The form and structure are already very sufficient
What we have to do now is to wait patiently. In the next 3 – 5 years, such a way is likely to become a new consumption area in the mainstream mass production sports shoes market.. Then, followers, imitators and competitors will push this high-tech trend forward again and again..
Technology changes life
Don’t doubt
This is the future you see
Integration of Structure and Material Seismic Mitigation Support
Upgrade from mold opening to quantitative production
Reduction of labor and environmental protection costs
Can be customized according to personal circumstances
Width and thickness of sports soles and surfaces
Think about how to finish watching a movie
What else can you create for people
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