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Nike claims world first in 3D-printed football boot plate

27/02/2013

Sportswear group Nike has launched an American football boot that incorporates a revolutionary 3D-printed plate and which it says is the sport's first. The plate of the cleat is crafted using Selective Laser Sintering technology (SLS), which uses high-powered lasers to fuse small particles of materials into a three-dimensional shape. Through...

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