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GENTREX TK-927

Novum Design Award
WINNER

BRONZE

Product Design Category

in

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2023

Project Title

GENTREX TK-927

Project Function

Multifunctional Physical Foam Injection System

Project Location

Taiwan

Project Tags

Product Design

Office Name

Team Members

TIENKANG CO.,LTD.

Office Link

Copyrights

TIENKANG CO.,LTD.

Project Description

The manufacturing process of the insole of footwear is commonly chemical foaming, where the materials are unrecyclable, and the process will produce greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane, where the final products cannot be recycled for reuse. This product applied the supercritical physical foaming technique, where nitrogen is compressed to supercritical fluid to blend with the melted plastic materials, and after being injected into the mold, the phase transition is utilized to produce the gaps, allowing the finished products to accomplish diversified buffering and bouncing effects, and the products will be completed once cooled and removed from the mold. The raw materials used in the manufacturing process are completely recyclable and reusable, such that no impact will be caused to the environment even if the nitrogen of the foaming raw material is returned to nature. This product is devoted to the application of innovative and mature technologies to solve the pollution issues of conventional manufacturing procedures, while decreasing the carbon footprint throughout the process, making it a brand new proposal for net zero carbon emission for shoe sole industry.

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DESIGN SCORE:      /100

73

BRONZE

Novum Design Award Winner in

2023

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