The construction of nine Hunter class frigates at the Osborne naval dockyard has been criticised for being behind schedule and, even, not being the right ship for Australia’s needs. Here Craig Lockhart, managing director of shipbuilder BAE Systems Maritime Australia, refutes both claims, and details the progressing in delivering these multi-role, anti-submarine frigates. Defence minister…
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Additive manufacturing company AML3D has announced a new purchase order from Boeing worth $140,000 to develop and produce a set of aluminium parts.
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Our Frontiers in additive manufacturing series today provides an update on a locally-developed hybrid additive/subtractive machine for producing cutting tools.
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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…
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@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…
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@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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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