Customised and 3D Printed Insoles from ECCO

The Danish shoe manufacturer, ECCO showcased its customised shoes at Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris. For the first time in Europe, visitors will be able to test QUANT-U, a project in collaboration with Dassault Systèmes, which aims to create a sole entirely adapted to the morphology of each foot and the wearer’s walking parameters. 3Dnatives was able to test the device in one of the brand’s stores: results are very promising for the shoe industry!

We reported in March 2018 that ECCO opened its concept store in the Netherlands; the QUANT-U experience should open more doors in terms of product personalisation. The process of personalisation is divided into three steps: real-time data capture, sole modeling and localised 3D printing. A procedure that only takes an hour to be completed.

A three step experience

It all starts with a real-time analysis and digitisation of the foot. The wearer climbs barefoot on a kind of scale that scans his foot to generate a profile (length of the foot, width, shape, etc.) in a few seconds. More than 24 measuring points are present on the device. In order to obtain a more accurate result, the user then walks on a mat to measure the walking parameters: how the foot rests, what are the support points, etc.