3d printing

A new form of 3D printing, a where the object can transform under certain conditions, has been use to create “living” plastics or polymers. The research, conducted by scientists from UNSW and the University of Auckland, could enable the creation of a new class of materials. The materials respond to light or water and can … Continue reading Researchers print “living” polymers →

Swinburne University has installed a new collaborative robotic system, in a world-first full digitalised inspection system for defect detection in carbon fibre composite production. The system, called DrapeWatch, is installed in the university’s Industry 4.0 Testlab in 2020, as part of the Factory of the Future facility. Swinburne has implemented the system in collaboration with … Continue reading Swinburne implements carbon fibre defect detection AI technology →

3D printing manufacturer, Amaero Engineering, has announced a new shareholder offer, with the hope to raise at least $6 million. The additive manufacturing company grew out of Monash University and the Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing. The company made headlines in 2013 for 3D printing a jet engine and Aerospike rocket, the first worldwide. In … Continue reading 3D printing company begins IPO process →

Manufacturers of equipment, products, and services to the mining and oil and gas sectors should consider the disruptive impact of 3D printing, according to a new report from Global Data. In part driven by the remote geographic nature of oil and gas facilities, 3D printed products, or manufacturers who products can be 3D printed on … Continue reading 3D printing to shape the future of oil and gas →

Today, any one can innovate, from anywhere. Mouser Electronics explains the technology that is behind this new landscape of ideas. Many factors are contributing to a modern transformation in the way innovation happens – new tools and resources available to innovators, new business models that help turn good ideas into viable products, and industry recognition … Continue reading Current trends are changing future innovation →

Industry 4.0 could be the way that the Australian manufacturing industry transforms to remain globally competitive for the rest of the 21st century. Encompassing a wide range of processes and technologies, selecting five key aspects of this wave of change can enable manufacturing businesses to select the Industry 4.0 pathway that is most applicable to … Continue reading The top five technologies of Industry 4.0 →

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 →