Bangor's 'Sole Man' : New 3-D Printer Can Change Materials on the Fly, Make Sneaker Parts Faster

Authors

Lori Valigra

Source

Mainebiz

Date

2-20-2017

Pages

20-22

Abstract

The article features L&K Manufacturing Inc. (doing business as Cobbler Technologies), which is experimenting for an efficient way to produce a shoe sole using a 3D printer, which results in a high performance and quality product. How the soles are produced and the printers used,as well as how the company was started, is presented. Andrew Katon, CEO and president of L&K provides details for the article. [image]

Subjects

Shoemakers--Technology, Composite materials, Three-dimensional printing--Industrial applications

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