3d printing

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 →

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened a 3D printing facility to help grow advanced manufacturing in Australia. The facility, ProtoSpace, provides access to high-end equipment and expertise in 3D printing technology. Featuring 3D printers unique in Australia, including the exclusive Nanodimension Dragonfly, a one-stop shop for 3D printed electronics, ProtoSpace is an open … Continue reading UTS opens 3D printing facility to grow advanced manufacturing sector →

Swinburne’s Repairbot project has achieved a major milestone, using a robot to successfully 3D print a replacement lug on an automotive headlamp assembly. The Repairbot project is an industry collaboration with Tradiebot, AMA Group, and the Australian government’s Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre  (IMCRC). An in-house formulated polypropylene composite material, developed by Swinburne’s materials scientist Dr Mostafa Nikzad, … Continue reading Robot 3D prints replacement bracket onto automotive part →

High strength cutting tools can now be 3D printed, potentially saving time and money for aerospace and Defence manufacturers. RMIT University PhD candidate Jimmy Toton received the 2019 Young Defence Innovator Award and $15,000 prize at the Avalon International Airshow for the research, which was conducted with Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) and industry partner … Continue reading 3D printed steel tools can cut titanium alloys →

Henry Ford is, famously, supposed to have said his cars were available in “any colour you like, so long as it is black”. Those days are long gone. Today, customers demand almost endless variety and near constant innovation. These demands create tremendous opportunities, but tremendous competitive pressures also. Success comes to those manufacturers that can … Continue reading 3D printing accelerates prototyping to keep pace with today’s demands →

Andrew de Geofroy, vice president of application engineering at Markforged, spoke to Manufacturers’ Monthly about the new opportunities emerging from advancements in the 3D printing sphere. In recent years, 3D printers have proven themselves as viable solutions for rapid prototyping for product designers. But, Markforged believes that with the advancements in the technology, the scope … Continue reading Reinventing manufacturing with advances in 3D printing →

A new partnership between Swinburne University and a research facility at the University of Stuttgart in Germany will see collaborative research to develop new materials and production processes. Swinburne has become the first Australian university to be made a full member of ARENA 2036, a flexible factory of the future on the University of Stuttgart’s Baden-Wuerttemberg campus. Swinburne … Continue reading Swinburne joins new partnership on advanced materials, production processes →

Industrial metals and polymers 3D printing company, EOS, showcased its portfolio of additive manufacturing systems and software solutions as well as materials and a range of services and consulting at this year’s formnext trade show – held in Frankfurt/Main from November 13 to 16, 2018. With LaserProFusion, EOS introduced a technology for polymer additive manufacturing: with … Continue reading EOS showcases new polymer technology and metal 3D printing production cell →

Soon, robots could make decisions on how to build more effective 3D printed parts, thanks to research being carried out by the US Navy in collaboration with Lockheed Martin. A two-year contract between the global aerospace company Lockheed Martin and the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research will explore how to apply artificial intelligence to train robots to … Continue reading Lockheed Martin looks to combine machine learning with 3D printing →

Australian metal additive manufacturing company, Titomic, has announced its first defence agreement with TAUV, to produce ruggedised soldier-enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Titanium using the Titomic Kinetic Fusion technology. The patented process developed by Titomic produces load-bearing 3D forms from fusing metallic powder feedstock sprayed at supersonic speeds. The prototype ruggedised soldier-enabled UAV manufactured by Titomic has been shortlisted … Continue reading Titomic debuts Australia’s first metal printed soldier-enabled UAV →

Additive manufacturing company, Titomic, has launched what it refers to as the world’s largest and fastest 3D metal printer. Tara Hamid looked at the revolutionising metal printing technology, in conversation with Titomic founding director and CTO, Jeffrey Lang. The world’s largest 3D metal printer has a build area 9 metres long, 3 metres wide, and 1.5 … Continue reading Breaking the boundaries of additive manufacturing →

VEEM and Aurora Labs have signed a non-binding term sheet to investigate the potential of Aurora’s 3D printing and large format technology to deliver cost and efficiency savings for the manufacture of VEEM’s specialist technology, including its propellers, fin systems and world-leading gyrostabilisers. Aurora Labs is an Australian technology and innovation company specialising in the … Continue reading VEEM, Aurora Labs partner on using 3D printing technology →

A new research project at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has set out to revolutionise the manufacture of precision-engineered mineral separation and mining equipment. UTS’s Rapido – an advanced technology development unit –  has entered a research alliance with Downer business Mineral Technologies and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC  (IMCRC) to explore 3D printing for manufacture … Continue reading UTS, Downer and IMCRC to work on 3D-printed mining equipment →

UNSW has announced what it said is the world’s first microfactory that can transform the components from electronic waste (e-waste) items such as discarded smart phones and laptops into valuable materials for re-use has been launched at UNSW, Sydney. Using technology developed following extensive scientific research at UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT … Continue reading World’s first e-waste microfactory launched at UNSW →

Manufacturers’ Monthly got in touch with Bilby 3D­­­’s chief operating officer, Lee Bilby, to discuss the latest advancements in 3D printing and how it is transforming manufacturing. Bilby 3D prides itself as being the biggest 3D printer retailer in Australia. The company supports 3D printer customers with sales, support and consulting through its wide network … Continue reading Taking 3D to the next level­­ →

Swinburne University has announced the establishment of an advanced manufacturing research centres in Weihai in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, in a move intended to broaden Australia and China’s industrial and technological engagements. The Joint Research Centre in Advanced Manufacturing is a partnership between Swinburne, Shandong University Weihai (SDUW), Weihai Economic and Technological Development … Continue reading Australia, China broaden industrial ties with new research centre →