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HeelBase has started taking pre-orders for DRIVE, a 3D printed insole developed for pickleball, which the company describes as the world’s first 3D printed insole designed specifically for the sport. DRIVE is priced at US$59 per pair during the pre-order period, down from a listed regular price of US$99.
The product is an example of additive manufacturing (AM) used to combine functions within a single part. HeelBase prints cushioning and arch structure together as one lattice, with no glued layers, and shapes the geometry around the loads of a single sport.
Printing Cushioning and Arch Structure as One Part
“We didn’t start by asking how to make a softer insole. We asked what an insole needs to do when a player stops hard, changes direction and stays on court for another game,” said Dea