Nike has introduced a special system aimed at speeding up prototype shoe production at its Oregon Mould & Tooling Center (MTC). The ‘Cruncher’ programming system has its own graphical user interface and has been built on top of PowerMILL – Delcam’s machining software. The new system, which forms part of an investment of over a million dollars in high-speed, high-precision machine tools at MTC, means that if needs be, Nike can now turn out a set of three or four moulds for a new design overnight.

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