Is Aluminum Tooling Dead?
As part of our ongoing mission to improve the quality of our rapid tooling service, the team at Star Rapid has moved away from using aluminum for plastic injection mold tools and we now use steel such as P20, NAK80, S136 and H13 instead. We did this because we’ve found that there are too few […]
Industrial Equipment News: What tolerances can you expect when manufacturing prototypes?
For prototypes and low-volume production, one of the ways to ensure quick turnaround on your parts is by keeping designs simple and not over-engineering them
New Sodick EDM Machine
One of the newest additions to our family of fine equipment, the Sodick AD30Ls will help us to increase our capacity in sinker Electric Discharge Machining (EDM). This unit is a high-precision, linear drive model guaranteed to hold tolerance on all three axes for 10 years without maintenance. This makes it fast, accurate and reliable. […]
The Top 4 Benefits of Low-Volume Manufacturing
The world of product design continues to undergo some fundamental and even revolutionary changes. Product lifespans are getting shorter and so is the expected time to market. As a result, product developers are moving away from mass production and towards the world of low-volume manufacturing. What Is Low-Volume Manufacturing? Low-volume manufacturing involves the production of 50 to 100,000 parts, acting […]
Star Rapid At AM 2014 In Bangalore
Nishant Shah will be representing Star Rapid at the upcoming 4th International Conference & Exhibition on Additive Manufacturing Technologies – AM 2014 in Bangalore, India. The show is on the 1-2 September, 2014 in Nimhans Convention Centre, Bangalore, India. Please stop by Stall #19 to speak to Nishant and team about your existing and future […]
The Forefront Of Technological Advances! Innovations From Gordon Styles
Gordon Styles To succeed in the current business climate, it is more important than ever to be at the forefront of technological advances. One of the best prototyping service available is offered by Star Rapid, a company that has a history of serving some of the world’s best companies in a timely and effective fashion. […]
6000 Mile Job Interview
“You’re going to China?” This was the first thing my friends and family said to me when I told them I was visiting Star Rapid for an extended interview. They couldn’t understand why I would want to work for a company in a developing country as they put it. Well, that couldn’t have been further […]
Star Rapid’s Global Appeal
A Chinese rapid prototyping company owned by a Teesside businessman has helped a Warwickshire design company deliver a prototype of a hand held device for the treatment of stubborn hard skin on the feet for global brand, Scholl. Star Rapid is a full service rapid prototyping company based in the Guangdong Province of China. Opened […]
