Wuhan Binhu Mechanical & Electrical Co. Ltd., located in Optics Valley Of China, Wuhan, is a high-tech company which is co-organized by HUST and Shenzhen Innovation Investment Company. It is a high and new technology enterprise which is authorized by People's Government of Wuhan. It relies on Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Center of HUST and adopts the operating laser mode of "Two ends inside, the middle outside." The company produces RP systems, provides complete set of Rapid Prototyping/Rapid Tooling technique and still offers services and consultations of techniques. It is an integrated enterprise of science, industry and trade and is located in the Rapid Prototyping Building of HUST. Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Center of HUST, which is one of the first units to study the RP technique, began the study in 1991. It has been supported by National Ministry of Science and Technology, National Ministry of Education, National Natural Science Fund Council, National 863 High-Tech Project, Hubei Science and Technology Office and Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau successively. In 1994, the company succeeded in developing the HRP-I model machine of LOM RP system. In September, 1995, the HRP-I model machine took part in Beijing International Machine & Tool Exhibition .It was the first RP facility in our country that has ever taken part in this kind of exhibition and was paid close attention by visitors. In the exhibition our HRP-I system was reported with its high, new and advanced technique and also highly praised by experts £ At present, the company can provide multi-types of commercial RP systems for the society, such as HRP(LOM), HRPS(SLS), HRPL(SLS), HZK( ) and HRE( 3D RE).
