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Method and system for automatically manufacturing shoes

a technology of automatic manufacturing and manufacturing method, applied in the direction of soles, other domestic articles, uppers, etc., can solve the problems of complex and labor-intensive production methods of the prior art, and the overall production of shoes is still very complex and labor-intensive, and achieve the effect of facilitating the automation of the process

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-11-30
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is about a method and system for automated or semi-automated manufacturing of shoes. The method involves manufacturing soles and uppers in parallel stations, and joining them at a common joining station. The system includes a first station for manufacturing soles, a second station for manufacturing uppers, and a joining station for automatically joining soles and uppers. The system can be integrated into an existing shoe manufacturing process, reducing downtime and waste. The method also includes an automated quality check of the manufactured soles, which improves the overall shoe manufacturing process. The technical effects of the invention include improved efficiency, reduced error rate, and improved quality control.

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The production methods of the prior art are typically very complicated and labor intensive so that most of the shoe production is nowadays performed in the Far East, where labor costs are low.
A common disadvantage of the disclosed production methods is that the overall production of shoes is still very complicated and labor intensive.

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[0083]2. Method according to the preceding embodiment 1, wherein a first number of soles manufactured in step a. corresponds to a second number of uppers manufactured in step b.

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[0084]3. Method according to the preceding embodiment 2, wherein the correspondence between the first number and the second number takes a percentage of defective soles and / or defective uppers into account.

[0085]4. Method according to one of the preceding embodiments 1-3, wherein the automatic manufacture of the plurality of soles in the first station comprises molding individual soles from a plurality of particles.

[0086]5. Method according to one of the preceding embodiments 1-4, further comprising an automated quality check of the manufactured soles.

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[0087]6. Method , wherein the automated quality check involves an automated measurement of the weight and / or the size of the manufactured sole.

[0088]7. Method according to one of the preceding embodiments 1-6, wherein the joining station automatically joins a manufactured sole and a manufactured upper by means of applying heat.

[0089]8. Method according to the preceding embodiment 7, wherein the step of automatically joining is performed without an adhesive, preferably by directly welding the material of the upper onto the material of the sole.

[0090]9. Method according to one of the preceding embodiments 1-8, wherein the step b. comprises reinforcing a manufactured upper by selectively placing at least one patch onto an upper material.

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Abstract

Described are a method and a system for automatically manufacturing shoes. The method includes automatically manufacturing a plurality of soles in a first station and automatically manufacturing a plurality of uppers in a second station, wherein the first and the second station are operating in parallel and are arranged in a common facility so that a manufactured sole and a manufactured upper can be transported to a joining station and be automatically joined there.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is related to and claims priority benefits from German Patent Application No. DE 10 2016 208 998.6, filed on May 24, 2016 and entitled METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANUFACTURING SHOES, the content of which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a method for automatically manufacturing shoes. Moreover, the present invention relates to a shoe manufactured by such a method and to a system for performing such a method.BACKGROUND[0003]Conventional methods for manufacturing shoes generally involve processing various components such as premanufactured soles and uppers at different processing stations, which are then later joined in a further, separate location. The production methods of the prior art are typically very complicated and labor intensive so that most of the shoe production is nowadays performed in the Far East, where labor co...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A43D111/00A43B13/04A43B9/12A43B23/02A43D86/00A43D119/00
CPCA43D111/006A43D119/00A43D86/00A43D2200/10A43B13/04A43B23/0215A43B9/12A43D25/06B29D35/00B29D35/12A43B9/16A43B9/20B29D35/10
Inventor DYCKMANS, CLEMENS PAULHILL, JANLANDECK, CARSTENMANZ, GERD RAINERLE, TRU HUU MINHPRICE, DANIEL STEPHENSMITH, PAUL LEONARD MICHAELHOLMES, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD
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