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News Release from: Silver Net Corporation | Subject: ShoeWizard
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 March 2005
Complete Shoe Sole CAD/CAM Solution
Professional customized CAD/ CAM systems with innovative application for development and mass production in footwear industry
Mould makers require extensive investments and experience to survive in this industry High quality, low cost and short lead-time are essential factors, which are achieved with the application of advanced equipment, technology and management, for them to stand out in the fierce competition
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Silver Net is a software-development company specialising in professional CAD/ CAM/ RE systems.
To deal with the problems of shoe mould making, it released a professional customised Complete Shoe Sole Solution with innovative technologies for development and mass production in 2002.
The solution provides the best resolution especially in terms of grading, IP scaling, toolpath planning and model design changing of shoe sole models.
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The Complete Shoe Sole Solution, which facilitates the footwear mould industry with shortened lead-time and improved quality, has earned shoe mould manufacturers' assurance and reliability for its benefits and easy application.
The trend in sports shoes focus not only on pattern design and fashion, but also on comfort and functionality.
In particular, all international branded sports shoes companies are engage in R and D and innovation.
As a result, shoe sole mould makers have to strengthen their capabilities of mould design and production techniques to meet the market demands for shorter Product Life Cycle, quality improvement and handling versatile pattern design that use free form surfaces.
Even though shoe mould companies strive to implement advanced equipment and production process planning, the real difficulties lie in the abilities to maintain levels of technique and improve management, which ensure on time delivery and shoe mould quality.
Technology employment and human resource upgrading have been created obstacles to and pressure on operations for shoe mould producers.
3D CAD/ CAM is the core technology for shoe sole mould in the footwear industry and develops towards specialisation.
However, CAD/ CAM technology was in the hands of European and American companies in the past, who knew little about shoe mould production.
Consequently, the functions of most existing CAD/ CAM systems don't fulfill the footwear industry's needs.
Nevertheless, Silver Net perceived these needs and started contributing to this field with the aim of "professional customization".
It incorporated related industrial knowledge into CAD/ CAM systems and developed the Complete Shoe Sole Solution.
"The CAD/ CAM systems applied to shoe moulds should help shorten production cycles with limited training so that the footwear producers can manufacture products rapidly and introduce them earlier than their competitors.
These are the key to success.", said Mr Liu, Senior Manager of Mould Business in Pou Chen Group, a distinguished customer of Silver Net.
The professional shoe sole model system develops in the direction of standardising and simplifying operation processes, which enable the operation to finish within one to two steps.
Unlike the other general CAD/ CAM systems, it consolidated different sections of operation processes to create automation.
Based on this feature, the engineers can learn to use the solution in a short period of time while the jobs can be done more quickly by following the instruction.
Accordingly, the employer can save plenty of time on production and management.
The Complete Shoe Sole Solution, developed by Silver Net as a comprehensive solution for development and mass production of shoe sole models and moulds, consists of four systems, which are ShoeWizard - rapid grading; Replace Wizard - simple replacement; EVA Magician - accurate scaling; and ShoeCAM - intelligent toolpath planning.
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