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
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Australia-China joint centre for 3D printing biomaterials
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
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Automotive Innovation Hub to inspire next generation of tradespeople
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
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Swinburne acquires fast metal 3D printing device
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
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Western Sydney Airport to be hub for advanced manufacturing
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
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Largest makerspace opens at University of Queensland
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
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Design Award recognises 3D bioprinter
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
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Robotics lab to encourage hands-on Industry 4.0 knowledge
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
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Light-dependent advanced material discovered
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
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IMCRC, UTS, 3D printing research partnership hits one year milestone
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
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Australian 3D printer signs MoU with Swedish manufacturer
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
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3D printed hearing devices that slash time from consultation to product delivery
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,
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New sensors identify wear on liners for preventative maintenance
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
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Australian metal 3D printer expands worldwide
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
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Swinburne origami-inspired materials to strengthen trains
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
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Titomic to deliver additively manufactured test parts for Boeing
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
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3D printing transformed from emerging tech to industry standard
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
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Australians could be implanted with 3D printed organs in less than a decade
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
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Research and development key to 3D printing growth
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
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UTS opens 3D printing facility to grow advanced manufacturing sector
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
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