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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.

A recent collaboration between Azul 3D and Wilson makes Pickleball the 15th sport discipline to leverage 3D printing

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Pickleball (sometimes spelled Pickle-Ball) is a paddleball sport (similar to a racket sport) that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Instead of rackets, players use paddles that should provide them with extra...

Climbing becomes the 14th sport discipline to leverage additive manufacturing

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As we closely monitor the advancements of additive manufacturing technologies within the sport industry, we are paying special attention to sports that are officially recognized. As a reminder, among the existing recognized sports with...

Paratriathlete adapts his Race Bike with Bespoke 3D Printed Parts

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The Tokyo Olympic Games have given way to the Paralympics in the country. As seen with a few teams that took part in the Olympic Games, some Paralympic athletes did not hesitate to leverage...

What can we learn from the “metal 3D printed part failure” that saw an Aussie athlete crash out of the Olympics?

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The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo revealed that 3D printing has been one of the technologies used to enhance equipment’s performance of athletes. The fact is, no technology no matter how advanced, is...

How 3D Scanning and 3D printing help create one of the “Fastest” Cycling Skinsuits for Olympic Athletes

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With the Summer Olympic Games that are currently going on, we are currently discovering the means in which athletes have invested to prepare themselves for their various competitions. At the heart of these preparations, one...

Baseball becomes the 13th discipline out of 200 to leverage Additive Manufacturing

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In the 2021 May/June issue of 3D ADEPT Mag, the “applications” segment (PP 45-50) discusses sport applications made possible using AM technologies. We found out that about 200 sports are recognized sports with national...

Getting Ready for the Olympics with 3D printed sport equipment

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The 2020 Summer Olympic Games have just started and as might be anticipated, we are starting to discover how 3D printing has played a role in pre-selections and current competitions of certain participants. So far,...

3D Printed Dynamic Brace helps Eva de Goede win the European Championship

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Three-time Olympic medalist field hockey player of the Dutch national team, Eva de Goede, fractured her wrist two months prior to the start of the 2021 European Championship. In order to compete properly, Dutch...

98 3D printed podiums have been created to reward athletes at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer

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Despite the surge of Covid19 cases in Japan, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in the Japanese capital between 23 July and 8 August 2021. They will involve 33 competitions and...

[PREVIEW] AM is at the heart of COBRA Golf’s manufacturing strategy as the company officially enters the putter market

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A sneak peek at the upcoming May/June issue of 3D ADEPT Mag that will feature the use of AM in the sports industry in its “applications” segment It is as if it was yesterday that...
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