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Jamie Whincup has been a part of Triple Eight Race Engineering as a driver since he joined the team in 2006. “My father bought me a go-kart when I was seven years old, so racing was originally a hobby,” Whincup tells me. “Fast forward, and the whole thing just got out of control and has become my profession for 20 years. I was very happy to join what I regarded as the best team in the country in 2006. And they've gone from strength to strength. And we've won many races, but it must be stated that we are an engineering company that showcases our talents on the racetrack.” Now Managing Director, Whincup is straight-forward with his descriptions of what Triple Eight does. “Motorsport has always been about getting a team of people together, to build a race car, take it to the track and race our mates, try to go around in circles quicker than them and get to the…

The Bayswater Business Precinct is a Regionally Significant Industrial Precinct (RSIP) and important economic asset in Melbourne’s east, and broader metropolitan Melbourne. It is the second largest employment precinct in the Eastern Metro Region and is home to a strong ecosystem of well connected industries with robust local supply chains. Businesses in the precinct are diverse and include small to medium sized family businesses as well as global multinationals. In terms of productivity the BBP can be described as an economic powerhouse with a strong core of innovative and technology based businesses which position it as a key player in advanced manufacturing and industry 4.0. The key drivers of the local economy for export, employment, value added and local expenditure are advanced manufacturing, professional scientific and technical services, construction and wholesale trade. Much of the wholesale trade sector is closely connected to the manufacturing sector through well developed local supply chains which deliver significant economic benefits for the region.

Additive manufacturing – described as the more complex and industrial-scale implementation of 3D printing manufacturing techniques – is on the rise across Australia and the globe, with industry experts SmarTech Analysis forecasting the market to be worth $37bn by 2025. To support the forecasted growth in domestic capabilities in this area, two class-leaders have signed a landmark partnership. The renowned Vocational Education and Training (VET) provider TAFE Queensland, have teamed up with Core Additive an Australian leader in the sale, support, and supply of class-leading Markforged additive manufacturing equipment to increase Queensland and Australian capabilities in the additive and advanced manufacturing sectors. The agreement sees Core Additive and TAFE Queensland committing to a two-year collaboration set to accelerate the development of training programs specific to the 3D printing, composites, and additive manufacturing industries. Key training programs for local industry members will ensure Queensland and Australian businesses do not fall behind in the age of advanced and additive manufacturing. James Staples, the Chief Executive Officer of Core Additive, expressed immense pride in the partnership between Core Additive and TAFE Queensland. Recognising…

When considering the potential consequences of inadequate tank farm monitoring, images of disasters like the Buncefield fire probably spring to mind first. However, with the development of safety regulations and equipment, these catastrophic events are becoming far less common over time. Instead, those who rely on functional tank farms as part of their supply chains are more likely to suffer from inefficiency and resultant financial setbacks. Without accurate information, businesspeople are in the dark. Keeping track of supply levels in tank facilities is crucial both to regulate your incoming materials and provide the required product quantities on demand. This is as true for hazardous chemicals and flammable petroleum storage as it is for paint and water. But how can decision-makers access that critical data? In parts of the developing world, a calibrated dipstick and cross-referencing table or a sight glass and internal floats are still used to determine levels inside each tank. Across farms with tens or…

Armor Protective Packaging® is an international corrosion management systems and corrosion inhibitor provider with global reach and a proven, world-class reputation for quality and service. ARMOR provides clean, safe and easy corrosion management products and cost-saving corrosion management systems that prevent and remove rust. “To Serve and Preserve” describes all ARMOR personnel, VCI corrosion inhibitor products, and corrosion management systems experts.

The RMIT University-led project – supported by the Australian Research Council, Austroads and 10 Victorian councils – will incorporate recycled plastic from consumer and industrial waste, including notoriously stubborn soft plastics, into asphalt as a performance enhancer. With Australians generating 2.6 million tonnes of plastic waste each year and landfill space expected to reach capacity by 2025, this project is helping to address an urgent challenge. Project lead, RMIT Associate Professor Filippo Giustozzi, said the team will also produce best-practice guidelines on the use of recycled plastics in asphalt roads. “These guidelines will enable local governments, which control 80% of the nation’s roads, to begin widescale adoption of this innovative recycling solution,” said Giustozzi from RMIT’s School of Engineering. The City of Melbourne and nine suburban and regional councils will lead the way, each having sections of recycled road up to 900 metres long paved over the coming months. The 10 project sites will use an estimated 21,000kg of recycled plastic, but the potential scale of this solution is considerable given the…

The business was established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1919 by Norman Gray Clark, an importer, indentor and merchant of various chemicals and materials for general industry. Nature of Operations The nature of the business can generally be described as: “Manufacturer and supplier of equipment and materials for industry”. Briefly, the activities of the company can be described as follows: Manufacturers, importers and distributors of HORTON Fan Clutches and NEXEN Air Champ Industrial Clutches, Brakes and Tension Control Equipment. Distributed throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Australian distributors of DEUBLIN Rotating Unions and Air Shafts. Australian distributors of NETT Catayltic Converters for Combustion Engines. Australian distributors of FLIGHT SYSTEMS Diesel Engine Protection and Monitoring Equipment. Australian distributors of OBLAN air intake pre-cleaners for internal combustion engines. Australian distributors of INDEX temperature and pressure switches. Australian distributors of SUCO centrifugal clutches and brakes. Australian distributors of ROBAR Wire Rope Ferrules and Wedges. Australian importer of AMERICAN COOLING SYSTEMS diesel engine plastic cooling fans. Australian distributors of AVEBE Starch Derivatives for the Paper Industry. Non-exclusive Australian distributors of NIRECO Tension Control and Guiding Equipment. Contract CNC Turning, Milling and Drilling, including design, to specifications. Quality Accreditation to ISO 9001:2000 quality standard.

Description Objective3D is Australia and New Zealand’s leading provider of Stratasys, Desktop Metal, Concept Laser, TPM3D and Artec 3D Printer and 3D Scanner Solutions for designers, educators and manufacturers. As a Stratasys and Desktop Metal PLATINUM Partner, Objective3D provides both 3D Printer Solutions and 3D Printing Bureau Service all through a state-of-the-art Additive Manufacturing Centre which houses the most extensive range of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), PolyJet, Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) machines including consumables and spare parts. What we do Our 3D printer solutions range from affordable desktop 3D printers to large, advanced 3D production systems, making 3D printing more accessible than ever in the marketplace. Our manufacturing customers use FDM, Polyjet, SLS and Metal technologies to create models and prototypes for new product design and testing as well as to build end-use parts in low volume. Educators use the technology to elevate research and learning in science, engineering, design and art. Hobbyists and entrepreneurs use the technology to expand manufacturing into the home — creating gifts, novelties, customised devices and inventions. Our Additive Manufacturing Centre, the largest in Australia and New Zealand includes state of the art Service Bureau providing total solutions for…

Established in 1989 by Rob Brighton and Tony Sprague, CNC Machinery Sales began life modestly as SBR Machinery in Sydney focusing on conventional new and used machinery. Over the next decade we gradually built our business, product range and client base until 2000 when we acquired the successful South Australian company Machines For Industry (M.F.I.). This provided a springboard to a higher level with a greatly expanded client base, product range and most importantly highly skilled staff with vast experience in CNC Machinery. For the next few years we operated in several States as SBR and MFI until 2005, when we established our national identity CNC Machinery Sales Australia. This name accurately describes our main focus, though conventional and used machinery continue to be offered. 2006 completed our national coverage with the acquisition of our long term Queensland Agent, Australian Capital Equipment. What We Do CNC Machinery Sales Australia is dedicated to providing ongoing service and support to our clients in every part of Australia. Experience has shown that the best way to do this is to operate our own team of in-house service engineers and back them with a broad range of spares, exceptional factory support and training. As…

RMIT University’s exciting Discovery to Device (D2D) advanced manufacturing facility will open this September at its city campus in Melbourne. The $16.7m Victorian Medical Device Prototyping and Scale–Up facility will enable entrepreneur start-up manufacturers and researchers to work together to develop new medical technologies for healthcare and diagnostics. Earlier this year, Victorian Minister for Higher Education, Gayle Tierney announced $12.7m in funding from the Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) for RMIT’s new facility. D2D Director, Professor Sharath Sriram says that this complex will be the first ISO-accredited prototyping facility in the Asia-Pacific to support rapid translation of partnered and industry-led research projects in wearable, nearable and flexible medical technologies. It will also follow the ISO 13485 standard used in the design and production of medical devices. The facility will be available for universities and industry across Victoria for collaborations on wearables (wireless electronic devices that can be worn as accessories, embedded in clothing or implanted in the body), nearables (smart devices that can sense and send data but don’t need to be attached to a person) and point-of-care…

Unmanned vehicles are in something of a renaissance. UAVs have been patrolling the skies of militarily sensitive regions for more than a decade, and regulatory frameworks – to say nothing of the technology – are being hashed out between governments and manufacturers of autonomous road vehicles as we speak, including in Australia. Self-driving fleets of transport and public services vehicles have been mooted in the name of safety and efficiency, and unmanned mining and agriculture vehicles are already in use. One area we don't hear much about however is in unmanned sailing. After an estimated 11 billion tons of goods were shipped by sea in 2021 alone, it's an area you'd think was ripe for development, especially as the ocean is still so little understood when it comes to its influence on global climates and ecosystems. Saildrone is aiming to change that. The Alameda, California-based company builds, designs and operates uncrewed/unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) for a range of applications in scientific and commercial activities, sailing into the…

Starting in 2007 within the Federal Department of Education’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) provides access to world-class micro- and nanofabrication-related facilities and expertise in a simple open access model. In April last year, the Commonwealth Government released the 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap (NRI) outlining the Research Challenges to be faced by Australia, which included Frontier Technologies and Modern Manufacturing. With a national recognition of the importance of fabrication technologies' ability to address these challenges, ANFF continues to support a broad spectrum of R&D. Frontier Technologies and Modern Manufacturing (FTMM) is one of the eight research challenges identified in the 2021 NRI roadmap. The others are: Food and Beverage, Medical products, Recycling and Clean Energy, Defence, Space, and Environment & Climate. ANFF facilitates cutting-edge discovery and product development in all of these areas. ANFF is a national enterprise, with 500 tools and over 130 experts spread across 21 institutions in a network of eight Nodes. The ANFF network achieved the following annual outcomes in 2022 despite COVID restrictions affecting normal operations. There were 25,189…

The research, published in Nature, could help extend the applications of titanium alloys, improve sustainability and drive innovative materials technologies. Titanium and titanium alloys are essential for the clean energy transition, defence and aerospace sectors. The research holds promise for a new class of more sustainable high-performance titanium alloys for applications in aerospace, biomedical, chemical engineering, space and energy technologies. The research was led by the University of Sydney and RMIT in collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Melbourne company Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. Co-lead researcher, University of Sydney Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure) Professor Simon Ringer said: “This research delivers a new titanium alloy system capable of a wide and tunable range of mechanical properties, high manufacturability, enormous potential for emissions reduction and insights for materials design in kindred systems.” The new materials belong to an alloy class that has long been the backbone of the titanium industry. They consist of a mixture of two forms of titanium crystals, called alpha-titanium phase and beta-titanium phase, each corresponding to a specific arrangement of atoms. While…