HONGSHAN, China /PRNewswire/
--
World's
first Additive / Subtractive
manufacturing service launched
A China-based,
British-owned rapid manufacturer has launched AddSub Manufacturing
- a process that combines metal 3D printing and 5-axis CNC
machining to quickly deliver complex, low-volume components that
would previously have required the input of two separate
bureaus.
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STAR
Prototype, which is based in Guandong Province, developed the
service after it identified a significant demand for a
one-stop-shop for such components.
Gordon
Styles, president of STAR, said: "Most metal 3D printed
parts are not used as prototypes, but as complex low-volume
manufactured components, and many of these parts need certain
high-precision features that are virtually impossible to produce
with 3D printing alone."
"The
problems arise because most 3D printing companies don't carry out
secondary machining, meaning the customer needs to take care of the
work themselves or farm it out to a specialist machining
bureau."
STAR
has removed this time-consuming and often error-strewn leg from the
manufacturing process with the development of AddSub Manufacturing.
The groundbreaking system allows parts to be transferred directly
from its 3D printing machines onto its CNC machines without having
to be removed from the build plate - a development that also
resolves the troublesome issue of subcontractors getting to grips
with 3D printed parts.
"STAR
is world-renowned for its CNC machining capabilities and forward
thinking approach to adopting new technology and improving customer
service provision," continued Gordon. "AddSub was very much born
out of a combination of the two and we are confident it will prove
of enormous benefit to businesses across the globe."
STAR
sees the Subtractive CNC element of AddSub as being ideal for
mating faces, precision bores, tapped holes, spigots and other very
necessary high-precision features, and feels AddSub is likely to be
of particular use to the motor-sport, aerospace, military, medical
and dental fields.
For
further information on AddSub Manufacturing and Star Prototype
visit http://www.star-prototype.com or
call +86-760-2222-2556.
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npQHM81w7Ws to
see AddSub Manufacturing explained by STAR
president, Gordon
Styles.
Press
contacts:
Daniel
Kennedy at Source Marketing
T: +44(0)1133801644
M: +44(0)7906035933
E: [email protected]
Gordon
Styles at STAR Prototype
T: +86-138-2272-8700
E: [email protected]