UA How To Use Robot To Produce Sports Shoes

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Over the past half century, the process of producing athletic shoes and sportswear has not changed much.

Besides the acceleration of production speed by industrial grade machines, the operation procedures of many factories do not appear to be different.

In June 28th, Andrew's large scale.

The production process of sports equipment is expected to be reformed.

The Lighthouse center occupies an area of 140 thousand square feet (about 13 thousand square meters). It will serve as an extension branch of Ander Mar Barr Timore headquarters.

Andemar, director of innovation at Kevin Haley, told reporters that the goal of the test center is to provide new ideas for the production process of sports shoes and sportswear.

Tech Insider has the honor to visit the lab exclusively. The large body 3D scanner and the robot making the sports shoes are amazing.

Feast your eyes on it!

Lighthouse is located in the south of Baltimore, Port Covington, formerly a garage property.

It's only 10 minutes' drive from here to Ander Mar Barr Timore headquarters.

This site is the first major branch of Andemar's plan to expand in Baltimore.

It is expected that the new park will eventually accommodate 10 thousand employees. The project, which costs hundreds of millions of dollars, will need to add three skyscrapers and a gymnasium.

Lighthouse director Adam Bayer opened the door to "warehouse".

As Andemar's innovation and testing center, Lighthouse will be responsible for testing new products.

Adam Bayer, director of Lighthouse, tells us that Andrew expects to make use of this facility to make production processes faster and more efficient.

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The lab is full of high tech eyeballs, such as this machine that shapes shoes.

This high-speed laser cutting machine is called Lectra. After programming, it produces the least amount of unnecessary loss when cutting fibers.

As long as the staff input the pattern, the computer will automatically calculate the best way of cutting.

It can cut 50 layers of fabric at a time.

In the left area of the lab is a robot that is programmed to instantly glue the soles.

After completion, the soles will be pported to another machine to bond with the shoes.

Robots can glue 2400 pairs of shoes in 8 hours. Generally speaking, such a workload requires a production line of 200 people.

This robot needs only one person to operate.

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The machine shown below can be used to mold the high-density foam EVA into ultra light soles.

For this pair of shoes, Andrew chose to heat instead of gluing to keep the soles and shoes together, because glue will increase the weight of the sneakers.

This machine can engrave cool patterns on the bottom of the sole.

The experimental center has a large 3D body scanner, which can take pictures to capture the movements of athletes.

Most traditional scanners work only when people are at rest.

The 54 cameras guarantee the powerful effect of 7 frames per second. This scanner can create the 3D digital image.

Designers can use 3D digital image to study every detail of athletes' body and provide them with customized sports equipment.

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For example, using the 3D scan image of tennis star Sloan Stephens, Andemar's designer can observe how the shirts fold when she swings.

Because her figure depends on the amount of training, the design team can predict how Stephens's sportswear fits best and make timely adjustments accordingly.

Lighthouse employees work hard to improve the design process.

The following is a machine that can temporarily link fabrics together without stitching.

Andrew can try different designs without wasting a stitch of thread.

If the design team wants to try a new design, they can easily tear the fabric apart and go back.

In order to replace the traditional elastic belt that will tighten the skin and create discomfort after a few hours, the design team is trying to use the thin and wide tape in the picture below.

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The workers only need to press them lightly onto the surface of the fabric and tear the protective layer. The fabric will become very elastic and very magical.

The Lighthouse team plans to improve the process flow of 3D print sports shoes.

In July, Andrew will launch a brand new series of 3D printing sneakers "Architech".

Architech early drawings for sneakers.

Andemar's 3D printer can press the powder into Architech sports shoes in 24 hours.

By heating the coagulating effect caused by powder, the 3D printer builds shoes one by one.

A Architech sneaker.

Andrew hopes to improve the production process of its products by calling the best designers, developers and engineers in a room, Andemar innovation chief Kevin Haley said.

Andemar is determined to design and produce the next generation of sports equipment.