Development of 3D printed cellular architectures for customized shoe insole

添加制造非常适合于创建具有工程特性的复杂的3D结构，而不需要 需要昂贵的工具、模具或夹具，并且只需最少的后处理。3D打印工艺具有 最近，由于其支持和改进许多新兴技术的能力而引起了极大的关注。这个 这里提议的Engage项目是Kim在Simon Fraser的研究团队之间的一个新的合作项目 大学(SFU)和不列颠哥伦比亚省萨里的肯特克。KINTEC是加拿大董事会认可的足部矫形处方药 实验室(BAPFOL)设施已成为该地区的行业领先者。 3D打印细胞微结构为定制鞋垫技术提供了诱人的设计实力 通过以低成本创建量身定制的机械性能。能够进行三维打印 在机械设计的条件下，具有精细分辨率的网络多孔固体是一种技术上非常 潜在定制鞋垫的重要特征，这可以立即解决当前面临的挑战 通过与KINTEC开发的现有产品相结合，推出优质产品。建议数 合作研究项目将研究具有设计细胞的柔性橡胶长丝的3D打印 定制鞋垫应用的结构和机械可靠性和性能评估 健壮性确认。在这种方法中，3D打印的蜂窝鞋垫可以通过单一的 基于细丝的3D打印技术的步骤。

Additive manufacturing is well-suited to create complex, 3D structures with engineered properties without the need for expensive tooling, dies, or fixtures and with minimal post-processing. 3D printing processes has garnered significant attention recently for their ability to enable and improve many emerging technologies. The proposed Engage project here is a new collaborative venture between Kim's research team at the Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Kintec, Surrey, BC. Kintec is a Canadian Board-Accredited Prescription Foot Orthotic Lab (BAPFOL) facility that has become the industry leader in the region. 3D printed cellular micro-structures offer an attractive design strength to customized shoe insole technologies by enabling the creation of tailored mechanical properties at low cost. The ability to print three dimensionally networked cellular solids with fine resolution in mechanically designed condition is a technologically very important feature of potential customized insole, which can be an immediate solution of current challenge for the launch of premium products by combining with existing products developed in Kintec. The proposed collaborative project of research will investigate 3D printing of flexible rubber filament with designed cellular structures for customized shoe insole applications and performance evaluation for mechanical reliability and robustness confirmation. In this method, the 3D printed cellular insole can be fabricated directly via a single step of filament-based 3D printing technique.