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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.
3D Printing the Future of E-Mobility Tools
Kennametal has developed a 3D printed stator bore tool specifically designed to meet growing customer demand for lighter weight tooling solutions used to...
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.
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.
Western Sydney gears up to be Australia’s 3D printing capital
Western Sydney gears up to be the centre of 3D printing in Australia owing to a new joint initiative between the NSW Government and...
Aussie metal 3D printing company agrees production trial with Danish firm FLSmidth
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...
Aussie metal 3D printing firm enters into MoU with Swedish aluminium technology company
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...
Aussie metal 3D printing company is moving machines internationally and fast
Australian company SPEE3D has developed the world’s first metal 3D printer leveraging Supersonic 3D deposition (SP3D) technology.
Capable of delivering manufacturing grade printing at production...
Global 3D printing giant relocates to the Gold Coast
World leading 3D Printing company Materialise will move its Australian HQ to a new 200-hectare site in the Gold Coast's emerging health and innovation...
GoProto to open 3D printing facility in Melbourne
Rapid prototyping company GoProto will open a new 3D printing and additive manufacturing facility in Melbourne.
Jesse Lea, President of US operations said the facility...
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Building resilience as manufacturing requirements become more complex
The industrial machinery and heavy equipment manufacturing sector is critical not only for its direct outputs, machines, and equipment that pave the way for construction, agriculture and manufacturing but also for its crucial role in economic development and innovation.
