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$25m Industry 5.0 hub opens
SMEs and larger companies will have access to advanced manufacturing and additive manufacturing technologies developed at a new University of Sydney manufacturing-focused research facility.
POISED to drive the ‘Industry 5.0’ revolution in NSW, the new $25 million facility is set to boost innovation and foster industrial output in the heart of Sydney’s Tech Central. Located in the engineering precinct of the University of Sydney’s Darlington campus, the facil- ity has been developed as a foundational node for comple- mentary facilities that support the NSW Government’s projects at Western Sydney Aerotropolis and Western Sydney Parklands.
Importantly for the manu- facturing sector, the Sydney Manufacturing Hub, kitted with ‘factory of the future’ tech- nologies, will collaborate with industry to deliver cutting-edge R&D in additive manufacturing and materials processing.
The Hub is geared to enable concept-to-production demon- stration capabilities, including advanced pre – and post-pro- cessing of materials. Faculty, students, small and medium- sized companies, and, if required, larger companies will be able to experience and leverage metal 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) and advanced manufacturing.
According to the University of Sydney, advanced manu- facturing accounts for half of Australia’s manufacturing output and is one of the fast- est growing export sectors. The nation’s manufacturing output is forecast to reach $131 billion by 2026, with advanced manu- facturing potentially growing the domestic sector by approxi- mately $30 billion over the next five years.
Director of the University of Sydney’s Core Research Facilities Professor Simon Ringer said “Advanced manufacturing is making the previously impossi- ble possible. Key industries will benefit from these technologies through the reduction of material waste, simplified supply chains, and an independent capacity to create materials, components and even whole machines – all of which weren’t possible using traditional manufacturing.”
The new facility will provide specialised consulting, fabrica- tion activation and training to its industrial partners, provid- ing both guided and autonomous access to the facilities for the purposes of testing, research and fabrication. ■
The new hub is kitted with ‘factory of the future’ technologies.