Welcome to ACM CRC
The $100 billion international composites industry will undergo a major automation transition. Australia will need to reposition its manufacturing and sovereign engineering capability to capture emergent markets.
Introducing Australian Composites Manufacturing (ACM) CRC; a capable and creative consortium of industry, government, and
research partners who will help lead this transition.
We plan to maximise Australia’s sovereign capability for a global turning point.
In summary, we’re Australia’s transformation opportunity in:
· Sovereign Manufacturing
· Supply Chain Security
· Industry 4.0 Transition
· Workforce Transformation
· Digital Production and Export
· Green Energy and EV Economies
What will we do?
Our 10-year program seeks to build a digital-export-ready composites industry with cost-competitive, high-quality platform capability.
We’re creating this capability via intelligent automation, technology innovation and new product demonstration, while qualifying Australia’s next generation of composites engineers.
Through our four research programs, our key goals are to de-risk investment in composites manufacturing; while simultaneously strengthening and growing the transport, hydrogen, space, defence, circular economy and consumer sectors.
In delivering our outputs, we will create
education opportunities
for HDR students and seek to achieve gender equity and inclusion in the industry.
The Research
ACM CRC’s research priorities focus on transport, energy, advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
Composite Materials
Addressing key challenges in materials so they meet automation, affordability and circular economy requirements.
Manufacturing Processes
Focusing on intelligent manufacturing and the digital value chain, sensor integration and hybrid structures incorporating dissimilar materials and additive manufacturing advances.
Simulation, Performance Prediction
Developing simulation and performance prediction technologies for composites materials, supporting critical technology and know-how implementation and building analyses for the circular economy.
Design, Integration
Enhancing design processes for digital manufacturing and increasing requirements for certification-ready designs, with demonstration and field installation of composite structures for technology validation.
The Education
We're training and up-skilling the existing composites workforce to support digitisation and automation of composites manufacturing.
The Partners
Our Partners span industry, research and government, and seek to position Australia as a global leader in the composites manufacturing industry.
