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3D Printing Materials for Footwear

Discover how our Forward AM materials can support your next footwear project. 

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Additive Manufacturing for the Footwear Industry

Additive Manufacturing is the key to new opportunities for manufacturing, impossible to achieve with traditional manufacturing methods. By allowing mass personalization, offering complete design freedom and reducing assembly steps, Additive Manufacturing uses innovative materials and solutions for local and on demand production for the footwear industry. 

Forward AM Materials

3D Printing Materials for Footwear

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Powders

Our Ultrasint® polymer powders set new standards in Additive Manufacturing for the footwear industry as they enable various applications flexibility, elasticity and excellent processability.

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Filaments

Our experts for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) provide you with an extensive range of materials offering a variety of beneficial material properties such as ease of print, dimensional stability, durability, and flexibility.

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Photopolymers

Our Ultracur3D® photopolymers are based on BASF‘s decades of experience in polyurethane research and production. Benefit from the broad range of advanced photopolymer resins for footwear applications.

Use Cases

Real-Life Applications

Discover real life projects and find out more about Additive Manufacturing for the footwear industry in our use cases.

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3D Printed Climbing Shoe

Climbing sports has experienced a tremendous surge in popularity over the past ten years. 

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Mold and Last

Breathtaking rapid development cycles and a fast-moving supply chain that spans the globe - the footwear industry is dynamic linke not other.

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Last for Footwear Manufacturing

Finding that pair of well-fitting, comfortable, reliable shoes is quite a challenge. That is especially true for feet that differ from the norm and thus require footwear that caters exactly to their uniquely individual needs.

Discover the free Footwear Kit yourself!

Get our free footwear kit, including filament, powder, resin material, and lattice samples, brochures about our recent footwear projects and this year's material catalog, and a small version of a finished midsole.

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Knowledge

Webinars &Whitepapers

WHITE PAPER

Transforming Product Development with Lattice 

Choosing the ideal lattice defines the success of lattice application development. This whitepaper provides new insights into how BASF Forward AM leverages their Ultrasim® service to develop lattice structure-based applications with flexible materials.

WEBINAR

The Benefit of Additive Manufacturing for the Footwear Industry 

From tooling to the whole shoe, AM can be a real game changer for the footwear production. Watch the webinar and learn more about lattice designs for midsoles or 3D printed molds and lasts.

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How 3D Printing Simplifies the Production of Mods and Tools

Watch the recording to see how AM reduces the production time of specialized tools or molds tremendously and find out how to select the ideal 3D printing material and technology for your needs.

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Enabling Flexible Applications

Considering the use of Additive Manufacturing for shoe soles, helmets or car interiors? Applications like these need a material that’s naturally elastic. See how we can support you to find the right material.

Downloads

Forward AM Material Catalog 2022

Footwear Brochure

Services 

Lattice Engineering
Lattice Engineering
 

Our engineers can generate, simulate and manufacture lattices finely tuned to our customers' requirements to deliver the best walking experience out of just one material.

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Manufacturing

Looking for the right printing service provider? With our full-service approach, we give you access to our trusted partner network, a broad range of printing service providers that conviced us with their high quality standards. 

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Post Processing

Our wide range of post processing options is giving your application the right finishing while enhancing appeal, durability, surface roughness and the overall quality of your 3D printed part. In combination with our flexible coating you can choose from extensive range of colors. 

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