Polytechnic and design, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2023.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.19279/TVZ.PD.2023-11-1-05
ADVANTAGES OF USING 3D PRINTING AND MODERNIZATION OF THE SHOE INDUSTRY
Karolina Lazar
orcid.org/0009-0003-7443-9454
; Jelen Professional, Braće Radić 37A, Belica Croatia
Andrija Bernik
; University North, Varaždin, Croatia
Abstract
Nowadays, great attention is paid to product quality, the speed of model development, meeting environmental goals, reducing material consumption, lower electricity consumption, and a number of other factors that affect economic changes that directly affect all branches of technology, including the footwear sector, which is in recent years on the rise because more and more attention is being paid to quality footwear, which is due to the protection of the feet due to the type of work performed, foot diseases and other factors that are increasingly present. The shoe industry is progressing very quickly, the market that has changed a lot in recent years due to the pandemic poses new challenges and needs. One of the key technologies of footwear production in the future is the application of additive manufacturing, which, with its approach to production and factories, changes the future and affects the economic development and modernization of footwear technology.
Keywords
additive technology; 3D printing; technology adoption; footwear industry
Hrčak ID:
300957
URI
Publication date:
13.2.2023.
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