Swinburne U and partners have 3-D printed a replacement lug for a vehicle headlight. This is a big deal indeed, pointing to a customised future for parts and an upskilling path for the auto-repair workforce. The project is part of a project involving Swinburne,” manufacturing tech start-up Tradiebot and the Innovative Manufacturing CRC, (CMM February 20 2018).

Swinburne U is big on Industry 4.0 “transformative technologies” and its DVC R Aleksandar Subic leads the feds’ six-uni testlab programme, (CMM January 16)