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Manufacturers and suppliers designing footwear including athletic, designer and casual shoes have a real need for concept models to speed and improve the often rushed design process.

Customers include: Timberland Adidas Nike

Problem
Clear communication between designers and manufactures is crucial during the design process, because consensus on a design is critical before investment in expensive tooling. In addition, reducing design cycle time is critical to getting new concepts to market ahead of the competition. The traditional method of modeling designs out of clay or milling wood is often expensive, time-consuming and inaccurate.

The ZCorp 3D Printer Provides the Solution to:
Communicate with Customers ZCorp 3D Printers are capable of creating appearance prototypes of any complexity directly from digital data, quickly and inexpensively.

Communicate with Vendors: The 3D Printer allows footwear companies to print out complex designs for proofing and communicating with vendors. The Printers are also used to communicate across continents by sending files electronically and printing at different plant locations.

Produce Functional Prototypes: ZCorp parts can be used to create RTV molds quickly and inexpensively. The moulds can then be used to create prototypes with the look and feel of the finished product.

Create Elastomeric Parts: ZCorp’s ability to create parts with the qualities of rubber allows shoe designers to create flexible soles for customer review and manufacturing feasibility evaluation.

Print Full Colour Parts: The unique capability of ZCorp’s Color 3D Printer to create full color parts quickly and inexpensively results in more complete communication of design intent and more constructive feedback.