In the Media
Find out what’s made headlines from around the CRC.
Catch Dr Steve Gower at the 2024 Composites Conference from 1-2 May 2024, where he’d be delighted to answer any questions you may have around the CRC’s research and projected impact, and to discuss potential opportunities for collaboration.
This new ACM CRC project will identify and develop advanced manufacturing techniques for increased surfboard laminating quality, adapted automated processes for core shaping, composite material deposition (glassing), and finishing.
ACM CRC launched a project with partners HERA, The University of Sydney and ANSTO, which will lead the way in digital transformation for Circular Design 4.0.
A new ACM CRC-funded project is seeking to overcome certain limitations of structural health monitoring, to enable safer and more reliable offshore structures.
In late 2023, SoMAC CRC rebranded to become ACM CRC, to better reflect the depth and significance this consortium will bring to Australia’s composite manufacturing industry.
Late last year, ACM CRC held its second Partner Meeting, bringing together industry, research, and government representatives to reflect on and review the future of Australia’s composites manufacturing industry.
Catch Professor Ganga Prusty, of ACM CRC, at the 11th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 2024) from 7-9 February in Brisbane, Australia.
A new R&D project between Australian Composites Manufacturing (ACM CRC), Ocius Technology and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is set to optimise the use of wave energy for propulsion, harnessing energy for underwater flippers for unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
The Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites CRC (SoMAC CRC) is proud to announce a collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) and Omni Tanker to spearhead a digital transformation in composites manufacturing.
Quickstep Holdings Ltd (ASX: QHL) (Quickstep or the Company) is delighted to announce that it has signed an exciting engineering collaboration with the Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites CRC (SoMAC CRC) and Deakin University’s Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (ISRII) to help solve one of the key issues in large scale composites production, that being the relatively high cost of production.
| Date | Publication Type | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27/06/2023 | AuManufacturing article | Websites | https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/somac-crc-launches-with-gilmour-into-spacecraft-composites |
| 27/06/2023 | Gilmour website article on project | Websites | https://www.gspace.com/post/gilmour-space-uq-in-first-somac-crc-space-research-project |
| 28/06/2023 | Manufacturer's Monthly article | Websites | https://www.manmonthly.com.au/somac-crc-executes-first-australian-space-research-project/ |
| 30/06/2023 | AuManufacturing article | Websites | https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/hypersonix-and-somac-crc-aim-for-high-temperature-materials |
| 27/06/2023 | Australian Manufacturing article | Websites | https://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/gilmour-space-uq-take-part-in-somac-crcs-first-australian-space-research-initiative/ |
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