The shortlist for the TCT Consumer Product Application Award 2017 has been announced.
Earlier this week revealed the applicants in the running for the TCT Aerospace Application and TCT Automotive Application Awards. The Consumer Product award is the third out of our ten, and features another five innovations.
The inaugural TCT Awards will take place on the second night of the annual TCT Show next month. It will recognise and celebrate the most original, creative and impactful applications of 3D technologies in a variety of vertical markets.
Below is the shortlist for the TCT Consumer Product Application Award 2017. Each of these submissions will be sent in full to a selection of the TCT Expert Advisory Board. The board compromises many disciplines, and we will be splitting the categories between those who are best placed to judge particular categories.
The winners will be announced on the evening of the awards, taking place on 27th September at the Birmingham Town Hall. British television actor and presenter, Robert Llewellyn, best known for his role as Kryten in cult sci-fi sitcom, Red Dwarf.
TCT Consumer Product Application Award 2017 – Shortlist
3D Systems – Wiiv Wearable Insoles
Combining an innovative smartphone applications with image processing and SLS technologies. Wiiv and 3D Systems SLS are able to print customised insoles and footwear at unparalleled speeds.
Carbon – Adidas Futurecraft
By using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis (DLS), Adidas has been able to create its Futurecraft shoe with a latticed midsole designed using 17 years of athlete data. Furthermore, Adidas expects to manufacture 100,000 of the 3D printed midsoles by November 2018.
CRP Group – KD-1: Windform 3D printed gold driver clubhead
CRP Group’s additive and CNC subsidiaries joined forces with Krone Golf to manufacture KD-1, the first Windform SP 3D printed driver clubhead with CNC machined titanium.
Phillip Manger – Project T.O.S.T
The EAH University student Phillip Manger has developed metal printed skateboard trucks that are a hybrid design combining topological optimisation and lattice structures printed using Concept Laser tech.
Materialise – Yuniku Customisable Eyewear
Detailed 3D scanning data of a customer’s face is combined with Yuniku software, which determines the optimal position of the lenses in relation to the eyes. The customised eyewear in collaboration with HOYA is printed using SLS technology in PA 12.
Join us on the night to find out who will be taking home the first TCT Consumer Product Application award by booking your tickets here.
