An Innovative Study of Ice Hockey Skate Angles

• Main Authors: Tzn-Ming Fan, 范子明
• Other Authors: Yung-Hsiang Tu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44188149648110055126

碩士 === 大同大學 === 工業設計學系(所) === 105 === The consumer products in our everyday life involve with human body contact or visual contact, are always design with ergonomics function during the developing stage. Especially those wearing devices product are more important. There are even more customize products such as, Baseball bats, Golf club, Ski boots and insert type ear phone. Since the product is customize thus the price will be expensive, therefore many sporting equipment product are gradually integrate with user adjustable function, as mass production product price user is also able to find sporting product which can fit personally. This study is based on Ice Hockey Skate as an example. Adjustable blade angle, will allow the skate heel area to reach different high, thus effect on the feeling of user wearing the skate. Use 3D printer to produce and modify the existing products, and invite two professional coaches to perform human body test. Test items should include, linear racing, circumference rotation, obstacles around the cone, and then record the feedback and questioner. This study will be focus on the three different movements in relate with five different adjustable blade angles. This is allow us to study adjustment mechanism to clearly differentiate on the user to have different feeling on using it, and with the easy adjustment function, will let the end user to customize as the target. Product differentiation is also a big factor in determining sales, because it can stand out amount the same verity of items. This pattern is also in pending process, I believe in the near future we will able to see it in the market.