Risk of bonding failure – Case #549

January 9, 2017

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“A picture is worth a thousand words”. Practical solutions to problems encountered in the manufacturing process that demonstrate how we assist our customers’ factories to produce Right from the Start TM.

Problem: the upper was made of a mesh material, and the shoe was being produced without any backer at the lasting margin. This may cause bonding failure.

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Impactiva solution: we got the factory to stitch a 20 mm. cotton tape around the edge to ensure good bonding.

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