Oakley Kato One-Piece AM Frame

Oakley / EssilorLuxotticaConsumer Productssince 2021

Oakley Kato One-Piece AM Frame

Single-piece, rimless performance sunglasses frame

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CONSUMER PRODUCTS · PART PHOTO

Challenge

Performance sunglasses require a one-piece frameless design for durability and aerodynamics. The complex geometry cannot be injection-moulded without multiple assembly steps.

Solution

Oakley partnered with Carbon to produce the Kato — a single-piece, AM-produced rimless eyewear frame using Pebax elastomer DLS printing. It is the first production AM performance sunglass frame.

Outcomes

01Single-piece frameless construction; first production AM performance eyewear

Technologies

Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Source

Kato sold commercially; part of Oakley's Prizm road cycling and sport line

Cite this page

APA

AM Roadmap. (2021). Oakley Kato One-Piece AM Frame. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/oakley-kato-sunglasses-2021

BibTeX

@misc{amroadmap_oakley_kato_one_piece_am_frame_2021,
  title  = {Oakley Kato One-Piece AM Frame},
  author = {{AM Roadmap}},
  year   = {2021},
  url    = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/oakley-kato-sunglasses-2021},
  note   = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}

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