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Star Rapid’s blog aims to share our hard earned knowledge on manufacturing and product development. We hope these articles help you to optimize your product design and better understand the world of rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, 3D printing and low-volume manufacturing.
Quality Control in Manufacturing: Methods, Best Practices, and Implementation
Every manufacturing business has a vested interest in maintaining the highest possible quality control for its customers. However, that can be especially challenging for service providers of low-volume prototypes or custom parts because they deal with a constantly changing array of designs, materials, and processes. The good news is that
Manufacturing Cycle Time: Best Practices, How to Calculate & Reduce
Production environments for manufactured parts are under constant pressure to offer the highest possible quality to their customers while controlling – or even lowering – costs. To make great custom parts in the shortest time, savvy factory managers must use modern equipment, software solutions, and best practices on the shop
The Complete Guide to Manufacturing Processes
Though the world of parts manufacturing is large and complex, all manufacturing processes use one of four primary production strategies: volume-based production, strategy-based production, platform-based production, and method-based production. Each strategy consists of manufacturing methods showing how virtually everything is made in the modern world. To truly understand these processes,
Star Announces AEO Certification
Star Rapid is now an “Authorized Economic Operator”, a certification recognized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) as part of the international SAFE program, or Standards to Secure and Facilitate global trade. Star was actually approved for this program in 2021, but Covid restrictions delayed final certification. OK, that sounds
All about multi-cavity injection molding for high volumes
Want to know how to maximize production throughput and reduce costs when making high volumes of plastic injection molded parts? The answer lies with multi-cavity tooling, where it’s possible to produce up to hundreds of finished parts in a single injection cycle. In this Serious Engineering video, Gordon Styles shows
Improving Looks And Performance With Anodizing
Want to know why anodizing is one of our favorite forms of surface treatment? In this video from Serious Engineering, Gordon Styles breaks down the many benefits of anodizing for aluminum, magnesium and titanium parts. Great looks, corrosion resistance, improved surface hardness – it’s all there and more. Check it
