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Annette LaFleur, die Teamleiterin für Design, Muster und Prototypen im “U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center” sieht mögliche Zukunft für 3D-gedruckte Uniformen.
3D-Druck könnte die Schutzbekleidungen der U.S. Army stark verbessern. Das ausbleiben von Nähten würde vielen Soldaten aufgeriebene Stellen und Schwielen ersparen. Weiters würde die Kombination von verschiedenen Materialien die Flexibilität steigern.
Annette LaFleur:
It could improve flexibility. You could incorporate hard and soft materials together into one design. So, maybe you have some sort of clothing or protective item that has rigid areas that move into soft areas, where your body needs to flex. That could be really exciting because that is hard to accomplish with a regular textile.
I see 3-D printing as a tool. Work processes have always evolved and changed, but you still need a designer to understand what’s possible.
