Additive Manufacturing in the Sport industry

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

VIDEO: Mythos develops an additively manufactured Ti bike stem

Mythos, a bike part manufacturer based in the UK, has manufactured a bike stem for mountain bikes using Additive Manufacturing. Named Ixo, the stem...

Consumer Goods Industry: 3D printing is at the heart of their business

It’s easy to see glasses, shoes and bikes as top applications in the consumer goods industry, but there are more…And what’s even more interesting...
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