Divergent Microfactories has unveiled its new supercar, the Blade, which uses 3D printed aluminium in its chassis.
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CSIRO: more companies should adopt metal-based additive manufacturing
The CSIRO’s Lab 22 is part of an effort to get Australian industry up to speed with metal additive manufacturing. Brent Balinski spoke to the innovation centre’s research director, Alex Kingsbury.
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Business, government need to rethink factories: Arup report
Factories will become more flexible, adaptive and skilled according to new research by London-headquartered professional services firm Arup.
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ATC Business Accelerator Program short-list announced
Semi-finalists for the fifth Australian Technologies Competition have been announced.
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Officeworks opens 3D printing centre for customers
Officeworks opened its Russell Street 3D Experience centre this morning, providing a “mini me” service to consumers curious about 3D printing.
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Ford opens 3D printed car store
Ford Motor Company has launched a store where customers can order 3D printed versions of vehicles or STL files from which they can make their own.
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Griffith University: new CRC to help “regenerate” local manufacturing
Queensland’s Griffith University has said that its expertise and “outward looking focus” are ideal fits for the new Innovative Manufacturing CRC.
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Australian researchers investigate 3D printed macadamia shells for construction
Multi-disciplinary research will go ahead on creating a sustainable, 3D printed “Microtimber” out of forestry and agricultural waste, including macadamia nut shells.
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HSS 3D printing could compete with injection moulding over large runs
Work out of the University of Sheffield is hoped to offer the potential of 3D printing able to compete with injection moulding for large quantities of plastic parts.
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Manufacturers’ Monthly launches ‘Factories of the Future’
The inaugural Factories of the Future (FotF) event covered themes such as the decoupling of manufacturing from design, the growing influence of the cloud, and what an increasingly connected world might offer.
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New Innovative Manufacturing CRC gets go-ahead
Long-awaited funding of $40 million for the Innovative Manufacturing CRC has been announced at today’s CRC Association annual conference.
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CSIRO 3D printing centre to open today [VIDEO]
CSIRO will open an innovation centre intended to accelerate industry adoption of metal 3D printing and other additive manufacturing technologies today.
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AUSTECH 2015 – The draw will be the latest & emerging technologies
First
and foremost, manufacturing professionals attend trade shows to see new
technology. New technology is what they will get at this year’s AUSTECH,
Australia’s premier advanced
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and foremost, manufacturing professionals attend trade shows to see new
technology. New technology is what they will get at this year’s AUSTECH,
Australia’s premier advanced
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L’Oreal plans to 3D print human skin for lab tests
Cosmetics giant L’Oreal has announced a partnership with San Diego bioprinting start-up Organovo.
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New 3D printer reduces textile manufacturing ‘to a single step’
A novel 3D printing project launched on Kickstarter late last week can create sheets of polyester cotton fabrics using an electric field.
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The 3D printing boom continues
The overall appetite for additive manufacturing continues in all segments of the market. Brent Balinski spoke to long-time industry consultant Terry Wohlers, principal consultant and president of Wohlers Associates. Wohlers Report 2015 was released in April, the firm’s 20th anniversary edition.
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Mini jet engine printed, tested at 33,000 RPM, at GE Aviation [VIDEO]
GE has additively manufactured a working miniature jet engine and tested it at 33,000 RPM.
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Officeworks adds 3D printing services
Retail chain Officeworks will offer 3D printing services, starting with the opening of its “3D Experience Centre” in Melbourne this week.
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Additive manufacturing used on over 1,000 Airbus A350 XWB parts
The first-of-type Airbus A350 XWB delivered in December last year contained over 1,000 3D printed resin parts.
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New, user-friendly 3D printing file format goes beyond .stl
Seven leading technology companies have announced a partnership to develop a new 3D printing file format.
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