subject: Stability And Durability [print this page] A new foamed damping technology-Lunarlite Foam was released in the year of 2008. This guy is lighter than any other shock absorption technology in the history of Nike. Foam cushioning is not a new thing, while a lot of brands in this area have their own science and technology. The science and technology is usually composed of the shoes bottom, which is made of the traditional foaming materials to improve the foam hole to make them more delicate.
Fire makes sweet malt-someone use 36 years to study a kind of science and technology. For the successful Lunarlite Foam NASA technology is cost thirty-six years by Nike. In order to find this material and its inherent problems, some engineering designers spent their half life time to put the Lunarlite Foam into moss production. Born in NASA's lab with a high cost, the material's effect will degrade when exposed in light, air and water which make it hard to be put into mass production. The material is easily being shrink. If the material is blown into foam, it will be frozen to keep itself from deformation. The material becomes more stable and easier to find Phylon-the right wrapped foam material, which is Nike's most commonly used bottom material after the engineers readjusted its organic formula. In May, 2008, Lunarlite Foam debut, showed the race running shoes-Lunar Racer. And in 2009, followed by the listed Lunarglide, this technology was being familiar by more consumers.
A flattering evaluation, "feel like walking on the moon" was gained by Lunar. In the minds of consumers, the ultimate sports shoes must have the following properties: excellent shock absorption, high stability and sufficient light weight. But generally speaking, light is the main feature of the sports shoes, which often means giving up the stability or a damping effect. And also, lightweight is the rival of durability, which makes the extreme lightweight shoes, being quickly forgotten by people. But the biggest characteristic of Lunarlite Foam is it can make the shoes more lightweight and full of elasticity. After tried on the LunarGlide sample shoes, athletes said they can not help themselves to run out when wearing them.
It's a very complex structure when the shoes working. Because of the relative low density, the Lunar has more soft foot feeling, excellent elasticity and light weight compare with the ordinary EVA and Phylon. Water, air and light must be far away from this kind of material. In order keep the stability of the material, the designer find two ways. First, we will talk about the Phylon, which is used to wrap the Lunarlite foam shell. The shell is designed into a layer fold shape, to reduce capacity loss when the foot touches the ground and to alleviate the harmful impact. With the help of the unique Dynamic Supporting System, Lunar running shoes can adapt to the runners different foot situation.
The spirit of the pursuit of higher stability and lower production cost encourages Lunar to change itself. It is unknown when the Lunarlite technology started to disappear in Nike shoes and at the same time, the Lunar Technology shoes also start to fallen. Nike's designer said that because of the high cost, the Lunar mass production is difficult to go on. With time pass by, the depredate practical use of Lunarlite material is unavoidable. In order to solve this problem, the Nike designer quickly find solutions to make Lunarlite better. The method is to joined Phylon formula together with the lunar foam. This not only reduces the lunar sports shoes cost, but also greatly increase the lunar material's stability and durability, which is today's Lunarlon technology.
Lunar is an excellent technology, it will continue to develop, and become another milestone in the development history of air cushion shoes.
