Metalworking & Machining Feature Articles
Identifying and analysing the root cause of a bearing failure is critical in order to prevent similar failures from occurring again.
Aluminium production uses 10 times the energy required for steel production, sucking up a massive chunk of Australia’s energy bill. Work within Australia’s research community is ...
In a first for Australia, the University of New South Wales will offer the majority of its intellectual property to companies for free, in a radical step to turn more university ...
In desert "aircraft graveyards", where retired planes often go when flight service ends, good parts are removed and sold and many materials are recycled.
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is the process of fusing layers of materials together, and is being talked about as a "game-changer" for manufacturing in the future.
China, the world’s second largest economy, has its own business ethics and doesn’t need western values forced on it, according to a leading international business academic.
CEOs have been told to look beyond to the current gloomy economic news, and take intelligently aggressive steps to capitalise on the mega-trends transforming business.
After years of decline, US manufacturing is set to rebound in the next five years, as China gradually loses its competitive advantage.
Miniature ball bearings are used in dental technology, where they must meet extremely high demands such as high speeds, extraordinary loads, and extreme peak temperatures inside the ...
New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.
Ford Motor Company and an open-source hardware and software provider are teaming up to explore how to make in-car connectivity more available, affordable and personalised for the ...
Australia is a leader in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminium, and growth potential exists, just as long as the policy environment does not reduce the attractiveness of ...
The resources boom is not costless. What happens when it ends? Australia needs to prepare.
It’s becoming a familiar refrain, but according to a new report on Australia’s skills shortage, engineers need better training to fill the rapid demand for engineering professionals. ...
The patchwork economy seems to be getting patchier by the day.
An international research team has discovered a new material, superdense aluminium, which has never before been found on Earth.
The government says Australia is recreating itself, and building a new economy on a new type of manufacturing. Industry sees it differently.
The mining boom is supposed to making us better off - so why doesn't it feel that way?
As the debate around Australia’s skills shortage rumbles on, industry is looking to technology as a way to beat the problem.
Choosing the right tool for a job isn’t always as simple as it seems, but ask yourself the right questions, and it can be.
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