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Making the perfect game possible: Revolutionizing the baseball glove with industrial-grade additive manufacturing

公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
  • America
国家
  • United States
产品
  • REV1X Baseball Glove
技术栈
  • Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)
  • Fast Radius Cloud Manufacturing Platform
实施规模
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Innovation Output
技术
  • 其他 - 添加剂制造
适用行业
  • 消费品
适用功能
  • 产品研发
用例
  • 添加剂制造
  • 快速原型制作
服务
  • 云规划/设计/实施服务
  • 硬件设计与工程服务
关于客户
Rawlings is a company with a long history in the baseball business, having been in operation for more than 150 years. They are known for outfitting both amateurs and professionals with their high-quality baseball equipment. Their expertise and reputation for quality are unmatched in the industry. Rawlings is committed to innovation and is always looking for ways to improve their products. Their latest project, the REV1X baseball glove, represents a major transformation in an industry that has been slow to innovate. The REV1X glove is designed to improve gameplay and speed up reaction times, making it a game-changer in the world of baseball.
挑战
Rawlings, a company with over 150 years of experience in the baseball industry, aimed to revolutionize the baseball glove by developing the REV1X. The glove leverages the Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) process to improve gameplay and speed up reaction times. The traditional foam or wool parts in the glove’s thumb and pinky were replaced with latticed pieces, made from FPU 50, that are lighter and thinner. The REV1X lattices are tuned with variable stiffness that better conforms to the player’s hand, leading to better control of the ball. Additionally, the REV1X is ready for gameplay immediately, and it’s more durable and long-lasting than traditional gloves. Once Rawlings perfected the design for the REV1X, they needed to mass produce a glove that would meet their exacting standards for performance and durability on the field.
解决方案
Rawlings partnered with Fast Radius to scale up production of the REV1X glove. Fast Radius had the expansive production capacity and skilled manufacturing engineers who were able to adjust the inserts for manufacturability. This expertise was especially valuable in dealing with FPU 50, which provides the perfect level of stiffness for the glove but presents challenges with yield on the finely tuned latticed parts. The experts at Fast Radius developed a solution to make sure the parts printed reliably every time. Every piece of information needed to make the parts — from the design files, to custom post-processing methods, to fulfillment instructions — is stored in a build package in the Fast Radius Cloud Manufacturing Platform so the parts can be made perfectly today, next week, next year, and beyond. Fast Radius was able to dial in the printing process and develop specific post-processing methods that preserve the tight tolerances needed for the inserts’ finely tuned lattice structures. Ultimately, they improved part yield by more than 4x from initial tests.
运营影响
  • Fast Radius provided the partnership Rawlings needed to get the REV1X onto the hands of elite baseball players everywhere.
  • Thanks to Fast Radius’ scalable infrastructure, Rawlings was able to launch the REV1X for commercial sale on time and on budget.
  • The REV1X build package, stored in the Fast Radius Cloud Manufacturing Platform, will allow Fast Radius to scale production for ongoing sales of the glove.
  • For Rawlings and the sporting goods industry, this project heralds a new era of making new things possible with cloud manufacturing.
数量效益
  • 4x better yield than initial testing

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