Re-inventing the Shin Guard: Groundbreaking Design with Smart Materials

传统的足球胫骨垫已经保持了十多年不变。基本上是一个僵硬的，一个尺寸适合所有，固体成型项目支持商品泡沫，现有的产品是僵硬和不舒服。然而，他们必须按照国际足联和英足总的规定在每场比赛中使用。即使是以“创新”为荣的领先品牌也会使用相同的方法，将传统的刚性负载分散器用于这些保护器，最终导致产品质量不佳-我们相信可以通过真实的创新来解决这一问题。Armourgel将通过引入下一代灵活、透气、完全集成的胫骨垫来打破停滞不前的足球胫骨垫市场，该胫骨垫使用新型智能材料直接模制到为用户设计的纺织品上，具有无与伦比的冲击性能。在自动化过程中将防护材料直接模制到3D针织袜或管上将提供柔软和灵活的保护，其随着身体的肌肉组织移动。制造和组装首次在同一个过程中完成，消除了缝合。该项目的产出是对这种方法在护胫中的可行性研究-证明用户的需求可以通过材料得到满足，并且所有的产品价值都可以在一个过程中增加。

The traditional football shin pad has remained unchanged for over a decade. Essentially a stiff, one-size-fits-all, solid moulded item backed by commodity foam, existing products are stiff and uncomfortable. However, they must be used for every match as stipulated by FIFA and the FA. Even leading brands who pride themselves on 'innovation' use the same approach with a traditional stiff load spreader for these protectors, which subsequently ends in a poor product offering - something we believe can be tackled with real innovation. Armourgel will disrupt the stagnant soccer shin pad market by introducing the next generation flexible, breathable, fully integrated shin pad, using novel smart materials directly moulded to textile designed for the user from the ground up with unmatched impact performance. Directly moulding protective material onto 3D knitted socks or tubes in an automated process will give soft and flexible protection which moves with the musculature of the body. For the first time manufacturing and assembly are completed in the same single process, removing stiching. The project output is a feasibility study of this methodology in a shin guard - proving the user needs can be met with the material and that all the product value can be added in a single process.