Make shoes from 'printer'

Football players will get the first pair of tailors tailor fit their foot shape, thanks to a new 3D technique that the inventors hope to soon put on the market.

The shoes are designed with new layers in a new 3D printing technique, whereby a laser beam attaches the nylon material particles together.

First, a laser device will scan the foot of the player to produce a three-dimensional model of the foot. He then performs a series of exercises with a special sole in the shoe to indicate the position on the foot.

At first, the legs were scanned to produce a 3D digitized model. ( Photo: blogs.zdnet )

The information obtained will be combined with a detailed analysis of the player's walk, as well as the foot and shin foot structure, to produce a shoe sole with tailor-made heights as well as alignment. Fold the knobs on the sole of the shoe.

And this is the foot model that will help make your perfect shoe. ( Photo: blogs.zdnet )

The complete design was then printed in a 3D process called selective laser sintering developed by Siavash Mahdavi from Complex Matters.

Instead of creating a shoe based on homogeneous forces, Mahdavi's software allows the creation of shoe soles of varying thicknesses and strengths at different positions, matching the foot and making the material resistant. Contain better impact.

" This design gives players the best opportunity to reduce injuries, " said Greg Lever-O'Keefe, co-founder of Prior2Lever, which plans to launch the service in professional sports in April. based in London - said.

It is hoped that if the system worked perfectly, it could be put into stores, allowing a pair of shoes to be printed with the legs in just a few hours.

T. An