Abstract: A cupsole for footwear, said cupsole comprising at least a sidewall, a bottom surface and a central portion and wherein said sidewall circumscribes the central portion, said central portion having openings, preferably in the form of at least one honeycomb structure and wherein at least the sidewall and the bottom surface of the cupsole have a solid structure with no openings and wherein the complete cupsole is customized on the base of specific and measured data obtained directly from the user and printed in 1 single 3D printing step thereby using a thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: A cross-linkable powder for use in a selective laser sintering (SLS) process for additive manufacturing is disclosed as well as a novel manufacturing process to form a 3D object using said cross-linkable powder. The manufacturing process makes it possible to create interlayer covalent bondings between deposited layers of cross-linkable powder such that 3D printed objects are achieved having improved mechanical strength, less object deformation and/or no warping.

Abstract: A liquid curable polyurethane based resin comprising a) polyurethane compounds which are functionalized with reactive ethylenically unsaturated moieties, b) at least one reactive diluent compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated functional group and c) at least one photo-initiator for making polymerized/cured polyurethane based materials having elongation at break values of >100%, preferably >125%, most preferably >150% and a tensile strength of >5 MPa, more preferably >7 MPa, most preferably >10 MPa (both measured according to DIN 53504 S2).

Abstract: A cross-linkable powder for use in a selective laser sintering (SLS) process for additive manufacturing is disclosed as well as a novel manufacturing process to form a 3D object using said cross-linkable powder. The manufacturing process makes it possible to create interlayer covalent bondings between deposited layers of cross-linkable powder such that 3D printed objects are achieved having improved mechanical strength, less object deformation and/or no warping.