Mass production methods of a smart insole for plaster cast protective shoe

Abstract

The method presented in this paper is used to the mass production of a smart insole. When developing a new technology, one faces lots of dilemmas with material choices and manufacturing, especially in the mass production of a wearable electronics. Here the aim is to give an overview of a used mass production methods of a smart insole for a plaster cast protective shoe. This smart insole is for measuring the temperature and load put on the plastered leg. It will help the patients to follow the rehabilitation instructions. In this study, we used manufacturing processes which are adopted from the textile technology. Textile manufacturing methods that were used in this study were laser cutting and heat lamination. The results show that it is possible to manufacture durable wearable electronic devices with mass production methods which are adopted from textile technology.