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EVA is one of the materials popularly known as expanded rubber or foam rubber. EVA foam [3] [4] [5] is used as padding in equipment for various sports such as ski boots, bicycle saddles, hockey pads, boxing and mixed-martial-arts gloves and helmets, wakeboard boots, waterski boots, fishing rods, and fishing-reel handles.
Topsoles might also be made of cloth, leather, vinyl cloth, [5] or EVA foam. Soles made entirely of waterproof (usually synthetic) materials are called 雨底 (amezoko) zori, literally rain-soled zori. [8] [better source needed] Elastomer zori are called ゴム草履 (gomu-zōri). [9] [better source needed]
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. is an American specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of leather and leatherwork related products. It operates more than 100 stores worldwide. [3] Originally part of the Tandy Corporation, Tandy Leather has gone through a series of acquisitions and mergers, eventually being sold to The Leather Factory in 2000. [4]
Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, the copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate; also referred to as polyethylene-vinyl acetate (PEVA) Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) foam, first grade of polyethylene (PE) Nitrile rubber (NBR) foam, the copolymers of acrylonitrile (ACN) and butadiene; Polychloroprene foam or Neoprene; Polyimide foam
In June 2004, Crocs purchased Foam Creations and their manufacturing operations to secure exclusive rights to the proprietary foam resin called Croslite. Croslite is a closed-cell resin, [ 29 ] [ 30 ] described by third parties as an injection-moulded EVA foam . [ 31 ]
Direct injection expanded foam molding (also known as injection molded foam) is a manufacturing process that creates soft foam products direct from a compound into a final product. [1] This process eliminates the steps normally required for die-cutting and compression molding , because it manufactures the foam and the product, simultaneously.
D3O has various applications, such as in electronics (low-profile impact protection for phones, laptops, and other electronic devices), [20] sports (protective equipment), [21] motorcycle riding gear, [22] defence (helmet liners and body protection; footwear) [23] and industrial workwear (personal protective equipment such as gloves, knee pads and metatarsal guards for boots).
Artificial leather, also called synthetic leather, is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery, clothing, footwear, and other uses where a leather-like finish is desired but the actual material is cost prohibitive or unsuitable due to practical or ethical concerns.