Calix launches $2.7 million reactor for advanced battery materials
Calix (ASX:CXL) has launched its BATMn reactor at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, which will create materials for next-generation lithium ion battery projects.
The Race to Invest in the Space – infographic
Humans have long viewed outer space as the final frontier. Our thirst for exploration has brought whole nations together to create more advanced technologies─all in the pursuit of discovering the outer reaches of the universe. Today’s infographic from Visual Capitalist and ProcureAM highlights the exciting journey humans have taken into outer space, and the economic…
Two-year trial of Australian-made 3D printers for Navy patrol vessel maintenance announced
The federal government has announced $1.5 million in funding to support a two-year trial, using metal 3D printing for maintenance of Australian Navy patrol vessels.
Boeing flies Australian developed pilotless jet – video
Boeing has flown its Australian developed unmanned Loyal Wingman jet for the first time, releasing a video (below) of the aircraft in flight. Boeing Australia revealed the flights on social media where it said: “We successfully achieved our first autonomous teamed flights using high-performance jets as test beds and Australian-developed mission systems technology.” The post…
Titomic displays giant 3D printed rocket
Metal additive manufacturing company Titomic (ASX: TTT)( has stolen a march on rivals and displayed the world’s largest additive manufactured Titanium part, a 5.5-metre rocket, at the FormNext3D Printing trade show in Frankfurt. The rocket was made in Melbourne using the TKF 9000, the world’s largest and fastest metal additive manufacturing system that utilises the…
Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work
For centuries, human beings have relied on patents to encourage and protect innovation. The electric light was patented, the phonograph, television, WiFi and Nespresso capsules.
Graphene set to change the future, but Australian commercialisation needs incentivisation
The nanomaterial graphene holds vast industrial possibilities, but more incentives are needed to commercialise world-leading Australian research, the Graphene + Enabled Smart Cities Conference heard yesterday. Chair of the Australian Graphene Industry Association Chris Gilbey said in his opening remarks at yesterday’s event that graphene was a critical ingredient in the “smart cities” of the…
Melbourne 3D printer manufacturer demos new machine in Germany, claims speed record
Melbourne company SPEE3D has demonstrated the “world’s fastest live print of a metal part” at the Formnext 3D printing expo in Frankfurt, Germany.
Titomic 3D prints a rocket – video
The world’s largest 3D metal printer is being used to create a functioning rocket. This video from Titomic (ASX: TTT) adds to earlier reports in @AuManufacturing news of the uses being found for its Titomic Kinetic Fusion process (TKF) 3D printers. Picture/Video: Titomic Subscribe to our free @AuManufacturing newsletter here.
THC Global begins cannabis harvest, plans medicinal manufacture
THC Global Group (ASX: THC) has announced it has begin harvesting a cannabis crop in preparation for a November start to manufacturing cannaboid-based medicinal products. The crop at Eden Farms, Bundy in Queensland is destined for the company’s factory at Southport near the Gold Coast to be turned into Cannedo brand product. As reported in…