In the final day of our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series, Glenn Rees, Head of Engineering at Conflux, discusses the many challenges that come with design freedom, the commercial sweet spots for metal AM, and more. You’ve come from a Motorsport background – can you tell me a bit about the differences and similarities in…
Australian-based Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing technologies can solve some of these significant challenges, especially for industrial and large-scale parts supply, AML3D explains in this edition of our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series.
A deliberate focus on in-house production and teamwork will be critical in bringing a world-first atomic-scale integrated circuit to commercial reality, and doing it in Australia, say the team behind the breakthrough. The Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) team, led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons, has had their work published in the prestige…
A list of finalists has been published for the annual Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards, which has been running since 2001. Announced on Wednesday, the finalists are: Amaero Additive Manufacturing (Notting Hill) Australian Defence Apparel (East Bendigo) Care Essentials (North Geelong) Coolon (Hallam) Dual Chelate Fertilizer (Robinvale) Duratray International (Bayswater) Elastomers Australia (Airport West)…
Today our Frontiers in additive manufacturing editorial series looks at the emerging field of 4D printing. Dr Ali Zolfagharian explains. Additive manufacturing (AM) technology – involving materials built up layer-by-layer, and also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing – was first developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by different scientists and engineers around the…
Additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced a new purchase order from Boeing worth $140,000 to develop and produce a set of aluminium parts.
ASX-listed defence supplier XTEK has announced delivery of a second tranche of armour from a “transformational” order valued at $US 33.2 million and announced in late-May. The total order by the unnamed client totalled “tens of thousands of individual advanced ballistic protection items”, and the second tranche delivery – announced on Tuesday – was worth…
Fortescue Future Industries has announced a new partnership with the government of Djibouti, signing a framework agreement providing the company access “to study the possibilities of renewable energy resources” in the East African nation. According to a statement from FFI on Tuesday, the agreement was “a major step towards the country’s first ever production of…
In day two of our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series, Victorien Menier and Pieter Coulier look at some reasons why metal additive manufacturing hasn’t lived up to certain promises for some adopters, and how certain issues can be addressed.
Is there a possibility to develop sovereign design, fabrication and packaging capability for semiconductors through defence projects? Glenn Downey looks at the question, and the implications beyond the defence industry.