Sport & AM

Making sport better” is the direct or indirect credo for most professionals working or aspiring to work in the sport industry, and this, regardless of the sport activity. For professionals who are on this mission, a means to an end has often been to rely on the capabilities of technologies; and trust us, there are a lot.

To provide a few figures, there are about 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games. In this list, over 800 sports are currently said to be played around the world on a regular basis and about 200 sports are recognized sports with national and international federations.

However, Additive Manufacturing technologies have already played a key role for only 12 disciplines out of these 200. What are these AM applications? What are the AM technologies that enable them? What challenges and possible solutions may help sport companies – and eventually providers of AM technologies – move forward?

Additive Manufacturing companies & professionals, together with sport companies but also researchers continue to explore what is possible to achieve in various fields of the sport industry.

HRL Laboratories’ 3D Printable Aluminum also joins the selective use of Formula One’s AM materials

In less than a week, we saw two announcements related to new materials approved for use in the world’s fastest race cars. On the heels of Constellium’s Aheadd® CP1 aluminium additive manufacturing powder, HRL...

Porsche and Puma unveil new collection of 3D printed sneakers: 3D MTRX Sneakers

Puma and Porsche Design joined forces to develop a limited collection of 3D printed sneakers: the 3D Mtrx sneaker. This is not the first collaboration of both brands whose fans had witnessed four years ago...

T3D Boxing Gloves, the latest product line of Hayabusa, make Boxing the 17th discipline out of 200 to leverage Additive Manufacturing

We have seen gloves designed for impact protection applications, gloves designed to improve athletes’ defensive skills in Baseball and today, 3D-printed boxing gloves? Additive Manufacturing is all the rage in sports equipment manufacturing and...

IperionX to explore the production of 3D printed Titanium Bike parts with Canyon

Materials producer IperionX will be working with bike brand Canyon Bicycles GmbH to explore the production of bicycle components using IperionX’s 100% recycled and low-carbon titanium. If you’re a regular reader of 3D ADEPT Media,...

Jabil and KAV Sports produce a custom 3D printed helmet that exceeds safety criteria

 During this week at AMUG, manufacturing solutions provider Jabil Inc. unveiled a personalized bicycle helmet, produced in collaboration and for KAV Sports, a sports brand that develops custom 3D printed helmet. Unlike traditional bike helmets...

Athlete Performance can be enhanced thanks to 3D Printed Insoles with Integrated Sensors

In elite sports, fractions of a second sometimes make the difference between victory and defeat. To optimize their performance, athletes use custom-​made insoles. But people with musculoskeletal pain also turn to insoles to combat...

35 years of AMUG: the how and the why of a volunteering commitment that pushes the AM industry forward

The 2023 edition of AMUG will be held at Hilton Chicago, from March 19 – 23, 2023. If you’re a Communication & Marketing Manager new to this industry and trying to set out your events...

Metal 3D Printing: Renishaw and British Cycling renew partnership for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

On the heels of the 3D printed track bike created for the Tokyo Olympics, global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, and the Great Britain Cycling Team join forces again for an AM production that will...

The 3D Printed airless basketball from Wilson makes Basketball the 16th sport discipline to leverage AM

OEM Wilson Sporting Goods introduced a 3D printed Airless Prototype Basketball during the first round of the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest by Houston Rockets' player, KJ Martin. "This is my first time participating in the NBA...

Joyseat, a custom 3D printed saddle that matches your butt

Priced at €490, the saddle and each of its individual components is produced in Czech Republic.  Czech cycling tech company Posedla introduces a 3D-printed saddle that is fully customized to match rider's individual needs...