New Director appointed at Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials
Biomedical engineering researcher Professor Sally McArthur (pictured) has been named the new Director of Deakin University’s Institute for Frontier Materials.
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Titomic makes cold spray sale into Asia Pacific
Metal additive manufacturing company Titomic has made the first sale into the Asia Pacific region of its recently acquired product line, the D523 System. The system was sold to D&C Coating in Singapore, a surface engineering repair service servicing the oil and gas sector. The system is portable and can rapidly deposit metals to restore…
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QEM installs vanadium, aluminium pilot plant
Energy and vanadium pentoxide producer QEM Ltd has successfully commissioned a pilot plant to test the production of oil shale and vanadium pentoxide from resources at the Julia Creek Project in north western Queensland. The pilot plant (pictured) was installed at the Melbourne headquarters of HRL Technology Group and will operate for six months, prior…
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XTEK books “transformational” $46.8 million order for ballistic armour products
XTEK’s US-based subsidiary HighCom Armor Solutions has received yet another order from an undisclosed customer, this time valued at $US 33.2 million ($46.8 million.) In a statement to the ASX on Friday morning, the defence company said the contract’s value had been prepaid in full, and covers “tens of thousands of individual advanced ballistic protection…
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Risk of food cyber “side attacks” examined in new research Wide-ranging use of smart technologies is raising global agricultural productivity but also increasing the risk of cybersecurity attacks, according to international researchers in a new article in the open access journal Sensors (linked.) Complex IT and math modelling at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia,…
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Victoria reaffirms commitment to local rolling stock manufacturing
Victoria has reaffirmed its commitment to buying locally made trams and trains with the Department of Transport releasing its new Made in Victoria for Victoria – Victorian Rolling Stock Strategy. The strategy outlines Victoria’s massive future investment in rolling stock, and continued commitment to local rolling stock manufacturing. Head of Rolling Stock Development Ben Phyland…
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Fleet Space Technologies launches seventh satellite
Industrial internet of things business Fleet Space Technologies has announced the launch of its seventh satellite, which was launched in the early hours of this morning on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-5 mission. This was the company’s third launch with SpaceX, following the successful deployment of Centauri 4 on the Transporter-2 mission in June 2021.…
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Conflux and GKN announce European collaboration
Additive manufacturing companies Conflux Technology and GKN Additive have announced a partnership on heat exchanger design, development and production for the European market.
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NSW’s first hydrogen bus to hit Central Coast streets
NSW is already making a bold move towards electric buses, now it plans to trial a hydrogen-powered electric bus will begin on the Central Coast later this year. The government is partnering with local and national industry suppliers to test the future fuel source, with treasurer Matt Kean saying the project would help create a…
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Researchers develop blood bot for safer handling of donations
Swinburne University researchers have delivered a proof of concept system for handling donated blood bags, with the project advancing to the next stage of commercialisation.
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