AML3D receives $140,000 export order from Boeing for aluminium test parts
Additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced a new purchase order from Boeing worth $140,000 to develop and produce a set of aluminium parts.
Frontiers in additive manufacturing – ANCA’s hybrid AM development enters advanced phase
Our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series today provides an update on a locally-developed hybrid additive/subtractive machine for producing cutting tools.
ARENA fields $3.7 billion in battery storage proposals
More than three GW of battery storage projects with a combined value of $3.7 billion are in competition for government funding through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). ARENA today announced that 12 projects had been invited to submit full applications to a Large Scale Battery Storage funding Round which will support grid scale batteries…
Frontiers in additive manufacturing – ANSTO offers real time analysis of metal deposition systems
@AuManufacturing’s latest editorial series, Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing reveals a new capability developed at the Lucas Heights nuclear facility which will offer real-time information about the powder deposition process in metal additive manufacturing systems. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has boosted its additive manufacturing capabilities with the installation of a custom built Laser…
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Simplot to upgrade Bathurst food manufacturing facility Simplot Australia has announced a $65 million upgrade to its Bathurst manufacturing facility and acquisiton of farming land in the Central West region of New South Wales valued at $40 million. Simplot Australia’s managing director Graham Dugdale said: “(We) will transform the Bathurst site into a frozen vegetable…
Frontiers in additive manufacturing – the future of Australia’s nascent machine manufacturing sector
@AuManufacturing’s latest editorial series, Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing turns to the thriving startup world of metal additive manufacturers. Here, Peter Roberts looks back in time, and asks how can Australia make sure today’s crop of young companies grow and prosper, and remain in Australian hands. Cast your mind back to the 1990s and the rapid…