3d printing

The University of Wollongong uses several kinds of 3D printers to innovate its research. The Wollongong-based Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) is headquarters for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) materials node. IPRI focuses on improving the functionality of nano-scale materials and facilitating … Continue reading Research Intelligence →

Two Australian manufacturers have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent to grow the proportion of locally made components that make up rockets launched into space. Gilmour Space Technologies, a rocket company based in Queensland, announced on October 3 that it has signed the statement with Titomic Limited, an industrial-scale additive manufacturing company in Victoria. The … Continue reading Rocket manufacturer utilises local 3D printing firm →

With $300,000 in funding, the Queensland government established the Joint Research Centre for the Development of Functional Biomaterials in Advanced Manufacturing of Human Tissues and Organs. The Centre is a collaboration between researchers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Shanghai-based researchers, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Researchers will together develop methods for … Continue reading Australia-China joint centre for 3D printing biomaterials →

The Automotive Innovation Hub has launched in South Australia. A partnership between the Motor Trade Association of South Australia, along with Tradiebot Industries, the Hub will deliver Industry 4.0 automotive skills in training programs and provide a sandbox for the demonstration of R&D innovation in the service and repair sector. The Hub will, in part, … Continue reading Automotive Innovation Hub to inspire next generation of tradespeople →

Swinburne University has extended the capabilities of Australian-grown advanced manufacturing with the installation of a LightSPEE3D printer at its Factory of the Future. The LightSPEE3D printer is an Australian-developed metal 3D printer and is the first 3D metal parts printer to apply supersonic deposition, which involved firing metal particles faster than the speed of sound, … Continue reading Swinburne acquires fast metal 3D printing device →

Western Sydney Airport and the surrounding Aerotropolis is to become a hub for advanced manufacturing, with agreements finalised between the NSW government and global industrial firms. Announced during Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s visit to Europe with Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, four statements pointed towards the future activities that will be … Continue reading Western Sydney Airport to be hub for advanced manufacturing →

The University of Queensland opened Australia’s largest university makerspace this week. Named “UQ Innovate”, the space will provide space for students, academics, and researchers to use machines such as 3D printers, vacuum formers, industrial robots, and waterjet cutters. To enable visitors to get the most out of the technology, technical and trade qualified staff will … Continue reading Largest makerspace opens at University of Queensland →

A printer made by two University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers has won the 2019 Good Design Award of the Year. The printer is a 3D bioprinter can print replicas of tumours and is the result of a partnership between UNSW’s Australian Centre for Nanomedicine (ACN), and Inventia Life Science. With the printer, researchers … Continue reading Design Award recognises 3D bioprinter →

A new digital fabrication facility, ProtoLAB, opened this week at Swinburne University of Technology. The lab will house industrial robots for large scale architectural design prototyping. The design of the space is intended to open up the fabrication process to passers-by and allows observation and interest to be garnered by the large windows that open … Continue reading Robotics lab to encourage hands-on Industry 4.0 knowledge →

Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have discovered a material with reversibly changing properties that could be used in 3D printing and manufacturing. In collaboration with scientists from Ghent University (Belgium) and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), the team have created a reprogrammable material using green LED light and darkness as the switches … Continue reading Light-dependent advanced material discovered →

A research partnership between the Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC), the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Downer’s Mineral Technologies has reached its one-year anniversary. The project aims to develop custom 3D printed technologies for precision-engineered mineral separation and mining equipment. The idea of the project is to create mineral separation spirals, which can be produced … Continue reading IMCRC, UTS, 3D printing research partnership hits one year milestone →

Metal 3D printing company Aurora Labs, located in Perth suburb Bibra Lake, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swedish industrial company, Gränges AB. The MoU was signed by subsidiary of Aurora Labs, A3D Operations. If the proposed transactions were entered into, the value to Aurora could be US$ 7.75 million ($11 billion). The … Continue reading Australian 3D printer signs MoU with Swedish manufacturer →

Customised 3D printed hearing aids and earphones could soon be a common product, thanks to start up 3D Hearables. Using an iPhone’s 3D scanning function and a system that the start-up has developed themselves, the image is automatically processed to create the final device. The total time that these devices could take to be made … Continue reading 3D printed hearing devices that slash time from consultation to product delivery →

Plastic manufacturing company, igus, has launched its smart sensors which track the wear of linear plain bearing liners. Helping to increase the reliability of liners, a sensor in the bearing liners calculates the wear limit and notifies a controller when a threshold is reached. Allowing for preventative maintenance rather than running to system failure, these … Continue reading New sensors identify wear on liners for preventative maintenance →

Australian three-dimensional (3D) metal printing company Spee3D has developed the first metal 3D printer called Lightspee3D, that can leverage Supersonic 3D deposition technology. Lightspee3D’s technology aims to manufacture grade printing at production speeds. It also allows operators to print industrial quality metal parts in minutes. “Typically, 3D printers of this size and complexity require up … Continue reading Australian metal 3D printer expands worldwide →

Professor Guoxing Lu from Swinburne’s department of mechanical engineering and product design is collaborating with the Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre to find better metamaterial to strengthen the core of rail sandwich panels. Swinburne University of Technology researchers are turning origami shaped two dimensional materials (2D) into three dimensional (3D) metamaterials to replace aluminium foam … Continue reading Swinburne origami-inspired materials to strengthen trains →

Australian advanced manufacturing company Titomic Limited has recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Boeing to deliver additively manufactured test parts for airplanes. The initial agreement is worth $170,000 for test parts. According to the agreement, Titomic will be delivering Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) additive manufactured parts for Boeing validation. The Titomic press … Continue reading Titomic to deliver additively manufactured test parts for Boeing →

Bilby 3D explains how 3D printers help manufacture products in new and cost-effective ways for more efficiency in facilities. 3D Printing is no longer an emerging technology reserved for the cutting edge development labs. It is industry standard and rapidly being adopted by Australian companies, micro to multinational, to dramatically shorten the time to market. … Continue reading 3D printing transformed from emerging tech to industry standard →

3D printing technologies are now so advanced they can create structures on a nanoscale. But how close are we to seeing 3D printed organs in the market? Professor Hala Zreiqat and Dr Peter Newman from the University of Sydney explain. From cures for cancer to fusion power and driverless cars, almost every technology seems to … Continue reading Australians could be implanted with 3D printed organs in less than a decade →

3D printers are able to produce parts more accurately and at a faster rate than ever before. A plastic acoustic guitar, 3D printed medical models, lightweight parts for aircrafts and cellphone cases are just some of the things this technology has helped create. The options of what can be created are constantly being challenged by … Continue reading Research and development key to 3D printing growth →