FLIR
Advanced Thermal Solutions has announced a new application story that describes
how leading sportswear manufacturer - Adidas has used infrared thermography to
help develop a new generation of sports shoes featuring ventilated ClimaCool2
TM
technology.
The article describes how the Adidas test centre in Scheinfeld, Germany used
the FLIR ThermaCAM SC 3000 thermal imaging camera throughout the development of
the ClimaCool2
TM technology. The concept behind ClimaCool
TM technology is fairly
simple. When athletes start to run they start to sweat. This not only gives
them an uncomfortable feeling, but when the feet start to sweat and get hot and
wet, there is the possibility to get blisters. The Adidas researchers looked to
identify which part of the foot is getting the hottest. Once this was
determined Adidas started to develop the ClimaCool2
TM running shoe with the goal
to drain as much heat as possible from these areas.
After careful evaluation Adidas chose the ThermaCAM
TM SC3000 as it offered high
thermal sensitivity (0.02°C) and high resolution (320 x 240 pixels) enabling
them to see the smallest temperature differences and also measure the
temperature at 76,800 individual measurement points. Additionally producing
images at a rate of 50 Hz with very short integration times allowed the
researchers to see blur-free images and to measure the slightest of changes in
real-time when the athlete is running at full speed. This made it possible to
see immediately how the shoe was reacting to the temperature differences in the
foot over a period of time. FLIR ThermaCAM
TM Researcher
TM software was used to
undertake extensive thermal analysis on the obtained results.
Tests comparing the new ClimaCool2
™ running shoe, the original ClimaCool
™
running shoe and a standard running shoe showed that ClimaCool2
™ offers up to
32% more cooling to the foot than traditional running footwear and a 12%
increase in cooling over the original Adidas ClimaCool
™ shoe.
A copy of the Adidas application story is
available to download
or by contacting FLIR Advance Thermal Solutions on telephone +33 1 6037 0100 or
email
research@flir.com.
Pioneers in all aspects of
infrared technology, FLIR designs, manufactures, and supports thermal imaging
systems and subsystems for industrial, scientific, governmental, commercial,
and fire fighting applications. With a 40-year history of infrared innovation,
over 100,000 systems in use worldwide, and development centres and sales
offices in over 60 countries, FLIR is the world leader in thermal imaging
technology.
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