The Potential Risks Associated With High-Powered Devices
Randy Ivans, a product safety engineer at UL, explains the critical role that cables and connectors play in the safety of feature-packed mobile devices — more power ...
The Smarter 3D Printing Series: Competitive Advantage of 3D Printing
Cyclical change occurs in industry when novel and innovative technologies and methodologies start to transform and disrupt existing industrial practices. The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0 in common parlance is one such cyclical change that we are current in the midst of. It can be loosely defined as the introduction of automation and data exchange to create self governing manufacturing systems illustrated below.
The Smarter 3D Printing Series: Embracing Additive Manufacturing for Traditional Manufacturing
Labour costs have begun to rise making automation more attractive and threatening job security. Focus has also shifted from mass produced products to customised products particularly in the field of consumer products. Fortunately, 3D printing is able to mitigate these changes and allow manufacturing to shift from traditional to advanced production.
Leading US satellite company sets up shop in Adelaide
US-space company Tyvak has unveiled plans to establish a manufacturing facility for the integration and testing of space vehicles in Lot Fourteen – Australia’s...
Advanced manufacturer Nupress Tools backed for F-35 production contract
Australian company Nupress Tools has been given a funding boost under the Government’s New Air Combat Capability Industry Support Program which was designed to...
The Smarter 3D Printing Series: Advancing Research and Learning
In 2011, an article in the Economist noted that 3D printing “makes it as cheap to create single items as it is to produce thousands”. This simple yet profound description best describes the disruptive potential of 3D printing and why everyone is clamouring to jump on the 3D printing bandwagon.
Australia has the potential to become a leading supplier of critical minerals, according to...
A new report prepared by the Office of the Chief Economist has revealed that Australia holds a considerable potential to become a leading supplier...
First-of-its-kind 3D metal parts printer installed at Swinburne’s Factory of the Future
Swinburne’s state-of-the-art Factory of the Future has been equipped with a a first-of-its-kind 3D metal parts printer capable of creating industrial quality metal parts...
Rheinmetall selects seven small businesses to work on major Army projects
Adelaide firm Supashock has been named among the seven small Australian businesses that will partner with Rheinmetall Defence Australia on two major projects for the...
Ridley Corporation opens new manufacturing plant in Tasmania
Animal nutrition solutions manufacturer Ridley has officially opened a new state of the art extrusion plant that has created 20 full time permanent positions.
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