FASHIONID 369506

OurOwnSkin

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Industry: Consumer Goods
Sub-Industry: Fashion, Footwear
Year: 2015
Country: United Kingdom

Summary

A research project that mimics the tension that exists within the human epidermis to produce a footwear surface that behaves like skin. This is achieved through a 3D printed auxetic structure.

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Technology Details

Printer Technology: SLS (Industrial)
Printer Category: Powder Bed Fusion
Material: Nylon PA12
Material Type: Nylon
Feedstock Form: Powder

Process Steps

Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion

1
Step 1Design
CAD Design Type
Parametric
CAD Software Type
Surface Modelling
Design Software
Rhino
Grasshopper
2
Step 2Printing
Technology
SLS (Industrial)
Material
Nylon PA12
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Application Profile

Cost per Part

€€€

€50–€99.99

Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.

Complexity

Complex

Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.

Project Scale

Prototypes / Samples / One-Offs

Project Field

Research

Sustainability Rating

★☆☆

Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.

Software

Rhino, Grasshopper

CAD Design Type

Parametric

CAD Software Type

Surface Modelling

User Level

Professional

Key Advantages

Complex Geometry

Points of Interest

Dynamic

Recognition

Press

Providers Involved

Providers

EOSHardware Manufacturer

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