AddSub Manufacturing Launched by STAR Prototype

[Brian_Krassenstein]

AddSub Manufacturing is the latest offering from British-owned rapid manufacturer STAR Prototype, and it's a process which combines metal 3D printing and 5-axis CNC machining to deliver complex, low-volume components. Based in Guandong Province, China, STAR Prototype says they developed the service after identifying “a significant demand for a one-stop-shop for such components.” They say as most metal 3D printed parts are not used as prototypes but are instead the result of low-volume manufactured end use components, secondary machining is often required to finish them. AddSub Manufacturing is a groundbreaking system which allows parts to be transferred directly from 3D printing machines onto CNC machines without the need to remove them from the build plate. You can read the whole story here: http://3dprint.com/86587/addsub-manufacturing-star/

[davidwong]

Star prototype is a great company. I also once seek for a Chinese rapid prototyping company and Boyi-prototype in Guangdong is professional.

[curious aardvark]

there are two local companies I've driven past recently called STAR.
I think one is the old printer manufacturer - back when dot matrix was new technology, great machines and cheap - the logo looks the same anyway.
Wonder if the other is these guys.
Nope. Still seems like a weird coincidence :-)