Today @AuManufacturing launches working smarter with data – our new editorial series. In the first of our series we ask the question – what is digital manufacturing – and you can read that story here. But first, Peter Roberts sets the scene. 2020 was the year when the penny dropped for Australia’s manufacturing competitiveness. Despite…
Industrial designer Daen Simmat (pictured below) takes a look at policies supporting a transition to advanced manufacturing in Australia with approval, but also asks ‘what about traditional manufacturing’ and making it smarter? In the mid-1960s, manufacturing was separated into two categories “advanced” and “traditional.” Traditional manufacturing was hard product industries such as automotive, steel and…
This week marked a major milestone for Australian Plant Proteins’ recently commissioned state-of-the-art fractionation facility in Horsham, Victoria. Director of Australian Plant proteins and EAT Group, Brendan McKeegan took to social media to celebrate the first production of faba bean protein isolate (pictured). McKeegan said: “For the first time Australia has a large-scale commercial plant-protein…
Defence, space and communications manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has celebrated the production of its first R400 remote weapon station (RWS) (pictured) at its facility at Huntsville, Alabama. EOS Defense Systems USA unveiled a R400S-Mk2-D-HD mounted on the Polaris DAGOR and produced at Huntsville, which has been operating since 2018, before a live and virtual VIP…
Bosch and Ellume to automate together for Covid-19 detection Automation equipment manufacturer Bosch Australia Manufacturing Solutions (BAMS) will work with digital diagnostics company, Ellume to automate the high volume production of its COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Brisbane based Ellume has developed a suite of COVID-19 tests that give results in less than 15 minutes, with the…
BP has announced it will shut down Australia’s largest oil refinery at Kwinana in Western Australia and turn it into – yet another – oil import terminal. The company said in a statement: “Having explored multiple possibilities for the refinery’s future, BP has concluded that conversion to an import terminal is the best option.” The…
When Lee Coles and Dougald Prentice met over a decade ago, they knew they had the makings of an ideal partnership.
In 2019 a total of about 780 Australians were killed by consumer products, and a further 52,000 injured, according to the consumer watchdog.
In the last day of our Robotics adoption matters series, Dr Alexander Hadjiivanov discusses the case for AI in human-robot collaboration.
Additive manufacturing technology company Amaero International has booked new orders for 3D printed parts for the space industry and automotive sectors. The company announced a purchase order from Queenalsnd manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies for the manufacture of two rocket motor components for the company’s Eris rockets which are capable of payloads up to 305 kilograms…
