Mr Klaus Freese stated that the future would be made by networked machines around the globe, robots and humans side by side, single pair production at the cost of mass production, shoe rack, which places its order itself, personalization of the buyer in the shop for individual shoes (Personalization). He added that most aims exist theoretically, but some approaches have been already practiced and with the fourth industrial revolution "Industry 4.0" new paths have been trodden in the footwear manufacturing, he said. He presented the technological achievements and the way to the future and spoke about two types of footwear production categories regarding placement of uppers soles namely 1. Traditional production with the manual setting of pre-made soles and a labor-intensive adhesive bond (CP = Cementing Process) and 2. Highly automated direct soling technology (DIP - Direct Injection Process) and added that in both categories, automation was progressing. Describing the process, he said that the 'Lasts' were detected by means of RFID chips and uppers were scanned by barcode and that both were specified on the desired product by computer control.
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