CNC Design commissions super-sized printer for Zone RV CNC Design announced on Monday that it had “just commissioned one of our VSF composite 3D printer[s]” for caravan company ZONE RV. The investment in a giant cell — capable of 3D printing and five-axis machining parts up to 22m x 5m x 1.6m — was announced…
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Graphene Manufacturing Group has announced “full and final approval” of its products under the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS), an agency within the federal department of health, allowing for a significant increase in production. The Brisbane-based and Toronto-listed company said on Monday that the approval covered coatings, automotive lubricants and the company’s graphene aluminium-ion…
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By Hussein Dia, Swinburne University of Technology Four years ago, then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison famously claimed electric vehicles (EVs) would end the weekend. “It’s not going to tow your trailer. It’s not going to tow your boat. It’s not going to get you out to your favourite camping spot,” he said. His comments drew on…
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By Peter Roberts BAE Systems and its Australian arm could be the front runner in the supply of nuclear-powered submarines to the Royal Australian Navy under the AUKUS agreement, according to UK media reports. The London Sun reported that senior ministers were open to the idea of supplying partly-constructed Astute class submarines (pictured) to Australia…
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By Peter Roberts We all can see with our own eyes how the climate is changing for the worse, with exactly the unpredictability, the extra severity and the damaging consequences climate scientists have been predicting for decades. Fortunately manufacturers are responding, including in the, well it can only be described as criminal, waste of resources…
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Queensland engineering technology company Global Road Technology has announced a new partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Australia, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE. TotalEnergies’ will become exclusive distributor of GRT’s suite of dust suppression products, designed to stabilise soil while stopping the spread of airborne particulate pollution at mine sites. GRT manufactures a wide range of dust…
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Global analytical science and device company Trajan Group Holdings has made another acquisition, this time of a specialised software business from California-based Sierra Analytics. The Ringwood, Victoria company’s US subsidiary has entered into an agreement to buy Sierra’s HDExaminer software operations for $623,000. The software is used in Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS) which…
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Queensland Parks and Wildlife rangers have joined wildlife services in other states trialling a unique trap that utilises Lidar laser light and artificial intelligence to target feral cats and foxes without endangering native animals. The trial in Wooroonooran National Park marks the first use of Felixer trap from Adelaide company Thylation in a tropical rainforest…
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A new online estimator launched by the The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) will help companies size heat pumps to replace gas boilers, according to the organisation. In a statement on Monday, the A2EP – a not-for-profit coalition of industry and research partners – said Australia has lagged Europe and other locations in adopting…
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Cheap, imported furniture is on the rise and creating “an untenable problem for the future.” according to the nation’s peak association for the furnishing sector’s supply chain. In a statement on Monday, the Australian Furniture Association said “thousands of tonnes” of Christmas sale furniture were headed for nature strips and ultimately landfill “in a tragic…
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