The innards of one of the press irons used in our OESH Factory here in Virginia, U.S.A. to make the midsole.
These irons are used to shape and cure large sections of carbon fiber after they have been wound and before they have been cut to their final form. A far cry from the “waffle irons” still used to make most athletic shoe soles, the OESH manufacturing process is similar to what is also used to make rockets, not waffles.