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A Study on Development of 3D Outsole Profile Scanner for Footwear Bonding Automation

  • Lho, Tae-Jung;Park, Pil-Gyu;Suh, Jong-Chul;Park, Dong-Joo;Ahn, Hee-Tae
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.131.3-131
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    • 2001
  • A 2-dimensional scanner have been generally used for an office, but 3-dimensional one was seldom used in industry. A footwear bonding process has been operated manually by the skilled operators, but it is needed to be operated automatically. So we developed an automatic outsole profile scanner, which consists of PC, CCD camera, laser beam diode and moving mechanism, to scan automatically the 3-dimensional profile of outsole inner face to be bonded. Here the developed algorithm makes 2D image into 3D outsole profile. This profile will be used enough to bond automatically the outsole to something like leather or clothes.

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Changes on the Abrasion and Mechanical Properties of Warp Knitted Fabric for Footwear with Softeners and Heat Treatments (유연제 및 열처리에 따른 신발용 경편성물의 마모 및 역학 특성 변화)

  • Jeon, Youn-Hee;Koo, Ja-Gil;Jeong, Won-Young;An, Seung-Kook
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.494-499
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    • 2010
  • Knitted fabrics are very popular for their numerous advantages such as greater comfort, attractive garment appearance, better fit on the body, etc. In this study, we investigated the mechanical properties and abrasion property of warp knitted fabrics for footwear which treated with several softeners to improve abrasion resistance. The antistatic softener among the various softeners showed high improvement in abrasion resistance. Among the mechanical properties with treating conditions, WT (tensile energy), G (shear stiffness), B (bending rigidity) increased as treating timeincreased. But the other mechanical properties were little changed with treating concentration.

Business Process Modeling of the Footwear Industry using UMM Modeling Methodology and ebXML Worksheets (UMM 모델링 방법론과 ebXML 워크시트를 이용한 신발산업의 비즈니스 프로세스 모델링)

  • 안성아;염근혁
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2002.10d
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    • pp.52-54
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    • 2002
  • 정보화 기술의 급속한 발전과 인터넷을 통한 세계적인 전자상거래 시장확대 및 B2B 비중의 증가 등 경제 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이러한 급변하는 시장환경과 B2B 거래 활성화에 따라 기업 간 비즈니스 프로세스 및 거래 문서의 표준화가 대두되었고, 이를 위해 XML을 이용한 인터넷 기반 글로벌 전자상거래 실현을 위한 지원 기술로서, ebXML이 국제 표준으로 등장하였다. 본 논문에서는 비즈니스 프로세스 모델링을 위한 UMM 모델링 방법론과 비즈니스 프로세스의 표준화를 위해 ebXML에서 제시하고 있는 워크시트를 이용하여 신발산업의 비즈니스 프로세스 표준화를 위한 모델링을 제안하였다.

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Antibacterial Finishing of Footwear Nylon 66 Fabric with Sericite and Medilite (견운모와 맥반석을 이용한 신발용 나일론 66직물의 항균가공)

  • Lee, Eon-Pil;Lee, Jae-Ho
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.96-102
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    • 2007
  • Antibacterial finishing of nylon 66 fabrics was carried out with sericite and medilite which are a cheap price antibacterial agents and had excellent antibacterial effects. The particle size of sericite and medilite was 15 ${\mu}m$ and 30 ${\mu}m$. The antibacterial and deodorant ratio, tensile and tear strength, peel strength were examined to investigate the change of physical properties and antibacterial effect. The results are as follows. 1. Peel strength is increased with increasing adhesive content, and satisfied standard value of peel strength when adhesive content is 20 $g/m^2$. Also peel strength was decreased with increasing antibacterial agent content and particle size in the adhesives. 2. Tensile and tear strength were not related with antibacterial agent content in the adhesives. 3. Laundering nylon 66 fabric treated with antibacterial agent, the optimum content satisfying Korean Standard(KS) is 8%. The antibacterial and deodorant ratio were not affected by several types of adhesives.

Gait Analysis on the Elderly Women with Foot Scan (Foot Scan 측정을 통한 노년 여성의 보행 분석)

  • Kim, Seong-Suk;Kim, Hee-Eun
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.613-619
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    • 2013
  • This study compares the gait characteristics of elderly women during barefoot walking and walking with sneakers. We measured foot angles, max foot pressure, peak plantar pressure of each plantar region, velocity of Center of Pressure(COP), and axis shifting of COP with an RS-scan system. Elderly women's foot angles were narrower when walking with sneakers than when barefoot walking. We found that the subtalar joint angle (representing ankle joint flexibility) affected walking stability. Regarding the peak plantar pressure of each foot region, pressures were high in the medial regions and the pressures greatly varied depending on the region measured during barefoot walking. The COP moved significantly faster when walking with sneakers than barefoot walking and suggests that elderly women walked faster in sneakers. Axis shifting of the COP decreased during walking with sneakers and indicated that gait balance improved when walking with sneakers. The findings of the present study can be utilized as foundational data for elderly women's gait characteristics as well as data for the production of functional footwear. Future research that focuses on various types of shoes, age groups, and gender are recommended for the development of more functional footwear for stable gaits.

Comparison of Plantar Pressure and Contact Time on Gait between the Korean Young and the Elderly Women

  • Kim, Hee-Eun
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.602-607
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    • 2017
  • This study was undertaken to compare the gait characteristics between the Korean elderly and young adults, we measured the plantar pressure and contact time of gait with barefoot along a walkway at their preferred walking speed. The results indicate that older people exhibited significantly less plantar pressure than young adult in all 3 regions (FF, MF and RF) and significantly less time % on the initial contact phase (ICP), forefoot push-off phase (FFPOP) and significantly more % forefoot contact phase (FFCP) and foot flat phase (FFP). The converted plantar pressure value to percentage, it showed more pressure in forefoot (FF) in the elderly person than the young adults. It could be explained that the forward shifting in plantar pressure are associated with a more flexed posture of elderly such as actual stabilizing fearrelated adaptations. Longer total foot contact time in the elderly means that the old people show the decreased gait velocity. In other words, lower velocity was found to be associated with pre-existing fear of falling. With longer contact time and slower stepping movement, the elderly become more unstable. With these findings, it could be confirmed that there were significant changes in foot characteristics which contribute to alter the plantar pressure and contact time during gait with advancing age. Further research is required to establish possible links to risk of falling and development of footwear in the elderly adults.

Preparation and Properties of DMF-Based Polyurethanes Containing Bio-Polyol/Ester-Polyol for Wet-Type Polyurethane Artificial Leather (습식 인조피혁용 바이오 폴리올/폴리에스터 폴리올을 함유한 DMF 기반 폴리우레탄의 제조 및 물성)

  • Sur, Suk-Hun;Choi, Pil-Jun;Ko, Jae-Wang;Park, Ji-Hyeon;Lee, Jae-Yeon;Lee, Young-Hee;Kim, Han-Do
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2019
  • Recently, attention has been paid to obtaining bio-polyols from renewable resources. Successful use of these natural ingredients successfully produced in the industry for the synthesis of various polyurethanes is a very important task. In this study, a series of dimethylformamide (DMF) based polyurethanes were synthesized from methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI)/1, 4-butanediol and bio-polyol (polytrimethylene ether glycol based on 1, 3-propanediol : B-POL)/polyester polyol (polyadipate diol based on 1,4-butandiol : H-PET). The effect of different ratio of bio-polyol (B-POL)/polyester polyol (H-PET) on the physical properties of polyurethane was investigated. As the B-POL content in B-POL/H-PET mixture increased, the glass transition of soft segment (Tgs) and tensile strength of polyurethane decreased, however, the elongation at break and tear strength increased. On the other hand, artificial leather was produced by wet process using synthesized DMF-based polyurethanes. It was found that there was almost no difference in the effect of the B-POL/H-PET composition on the average size and density (the number of cells per unit volume) of the porous cells formed in artificial leather. These results show that there is no problem in using bio-polyol (B-POL) based polyurethane for artificial leather produced by wet process.

Activity-oriented Modeling of Mass Production System (대량생산 체제의 Simulation을 위한 Activity 중심 Modeling)

  • Choe, Byeong-Gyu;Park, Seong-Ju;Sin, Ha-Yong
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.119-131
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    • 1986
  • Described in this paper is a modelling methodology for mass production system simulation. The mass production system under consideration consists of various types of flow lines, special purpose production facilities, conveyor lines, palletized carts, and storage facilities. This type of production system is typical in home appliance industry, automobile industry, footwear industry, etc. where a variety of product mix are mass-produced. The modelling methodology is based on the "discrete-event formalism", and an "activity-oriented world view" is adopted to formalize the system description. A distinctive feature of the modelling methodology is that only the static structure (ie, system components) is included in the fixed model. The dynamic structure of the system is specified through a "data-driven" mechanism, which is an extension of the "experimental frame" concept. Each type of system components (ie, flow line, conveyors, carts, etc.) is formally modeled by using Activity Cycle Diagrams. The issue of "model structuring" is also addressed. The modeling methodology has been successfully applied in a real simulation study of a mass production system.

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Proposed surface modeling for slip resistance of the shoe-floor interface

  • Kim, In-Ju
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1995.04a
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    • pp.515-528
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    • 1995
  • Slips and falls are the major causes of the pedestrian injuries in the industry and the general community throughout the world. With the awareness of these problems, the friction coefficients of the interface between floorings and footwear have been measured for the evaluation of slip resistant properties. During this measurement process, the surface texture has been shown to be substantially effective to the friction mechanism between shoe heels and floor surfaces under various types of walking environment. Roughness, either of the floor surface or shoe heels, provides the necessary drainage spaces. This roughness can be designed into the shoe heel but this is inadequate in some cases, especially a wear. Therefore, it is essential that the proper roughness for the floor surface coverings should be provided. The phenomena that observed at the interface between a sliding elastomer and a rigid contaminated floor surface are very diverse and combined mechanisms. Besides, the real surface geometry is quite complicate and the characteristics of both mating surfaces are continuously changing in the process of running-in so that a finite number of surface parameters can not provide a proper description of the complex and peculiar shoe - floor contact sliding mechanism. It is hypothesised that the interface topography changes are mainly occurred in the shoe heel surfaces, because the general property of the shoe is soft in the face of hardness compared with the floor materials This point can be idealized as sliding of a soft shoe heel over an array of wedge-shaped hard asperities of floor surface. Therefore, it is considered that a modelling for shoe - floor contact sliding mechanism is mainly depended upon the surface topography of the floor counterforce. With the model development, several surface parameters were measured and tested to choose the best describing surface parameters. As the result, the asperity peak density (APD) of the floor surface was developed as one of the best describing parameters to explain the ambiguous shoe - floor interface friction mechanism. It is concluded that the floor surface should be continuously monitored with the suitable surface parameters and kept the proper level of roughness to maintain the footwear slip resistance. This result can be applied to the initial stage of design for the floor coverings.

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