Adidas believe the midsole they have designed and manufactured this time around is the most advanced yet.Īn Adidas blog on the development of STRUNG read: “As a business, we are constantly striving for optimum footwear performance. Once again, Carbon’s DLS 3D printing technology and specialised material from its EPU family were leveraged to enable a latticed midsole with energy return properties. As a result, the upper part of the shoe has been designed to have a ‘lightweight and cocooned feel and fit’, with stronger threads located in the mid-foot, toe-box, heel and forefoot for flexibility. In the development of the shoe, Adidas used two athletes in short-distance training who provided both ‘motion capture and ongoing feedback’. It is designed for high-performance runners capable of reaching speeds of 5m/second with every millimetre of the shoe said to be ‘precisely tuned to support movement and performance’ during fast runs.
Though 12 months ago there were closures of Speedfactory facilities, the alliance between the two firms has remained and Adidas has now launched the Futurecraft STRUNG concept.Īdidas has developed the STRUNG shoe with a combination of athlete data, additive manufacturing and robotics, generating a lightweight piece of footwear that has been data-mapped for a seamless fit. Adidas first debuted the 3D Runner in 2016, before the introduction of the Futurecraft 4D model in 2017 and iterations like the AlphaEDGE 4D LTD following in 2018. The two companies have been close collaborators for five years, harnessing Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) 3D printing technology to generate latticed midsoles that can support performance athletes. Sportswear brand Adidas has unveiled its latest Futurecraft running shoe equipped with the 'most radical' additively manufactured midsoles enabled by Carbon to date. The Futurecraft 4D STRUNG shoe with 3D printed midsoles enabled by Carbon DLS technology.