Tag: 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.

Kennametal has developed a 3D printed stator bore tool specifically designed to meet growing customer demand for lighter weight tooling solutions used to...

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.

Media Release October 2, 2019 – With an already impressive range of 3D Systems’ printers in its portfolio Konica Minolta Australia, a leading supplier of...

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.

Western Sydney gears up to be the centre of 3D printing in Australia owing to a new joint initiative between the NSW Government and...

Australian biomedical company Inventia Life Science is the winner of the 2019 Good Design Award of the Year for its Rastrum 3D Bioprinter –...

Australian metal 3D printing company Titomic has entered into an agreement with Danish company FLSmidth, the world's leading supplier of sustainable productivity equipment for the...

Australian metal 3D printing developer Aurora Labs has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Swedish industrial company, Gränges AB. Aurora said the five year...