New industry partnership explores Australia’s manufacturing potential
A new strategic partnership between St.George Banking Group, UNSW Sydney and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) was announced today to advance Australian research and accelerate the introduction and commercialisation of new manufacturing technologies.
Solving industry challenges through collaboration
Tara Hamid from Manufactures’ Monthly spoke to AMAC Director, Professor Gangadhara Prusty, to find out more about how AMAC is bringing industry and academics together to solve real-world engineering challenges, with the focus on advanced composite materials.
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Scholarship
Successful candidates will be eligible for a scholarship of $31,298 per annum under the Industrial Transformation Research Program (ITRP) scheme of Australian Research Council (ARC). There will be scope for additional top-up amounting from $5000-$10,000. The candidates will be provided with an industrial placement of 12 months during their research candidature.
AMGC backs project to automate vehicle panel repair
The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) is supporting a collaborative project with Tradiebot Industries to deliver the world’s first automated vehicle panel repair system.
As part of the project, Tradiebot Industries will collaborate with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) ARC Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) on developing a robotic control system to carry out physical repairs on damaged vehicle panels.
Tradiebot’s chief creator, Mario Dimovski said the project seeks to achieve a shift from manual production jobs, towards a more customised, smart and competitive manufacturing model, backed by high skilled workers.
Who are we?
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) is established under the Industrial Transformation Research Program (ITRP) of the Australian Government. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) led Centre is a collaboration between the Australian National University (ANU), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and nine industry partners. The partnering industries include the Ford Motor Company, Omni Tankers, Advanced Composite Structures Australia, Australian Institute of Sports, Carbonix, AFPT, FEI, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DST-G).
AMAC News
AMAC Centre Manager is appointed “Dr.-Ing. Matthew David”
Dr.-Ing. Matthew David holds a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He has more than 10 years of experience with composites for both aerospace and automotive applications beginning with his time at Airbus working on a […]
ANU new facility for laser-based automated manufacturing
A facility for laser-based automated manufacturing of carbon composites. The project aims to create an advanced manufacturing facility for carbon-composites research by integrating laser-based processing and robotic automation. It will enable fundamental research on rapid processing of high-performance thermoplastics and […]
Join ACAM9 conference
AMAC is working closely with Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics to host ACAM9 at UNSW during 27th-29th November 2017.
National Manufacturing Week 2018
Join us at national manufacturing week 2018 to hear our centre director Professor Gangadhara Prusty present on a variety of industry driven research projects that span across numerous industries that AMAC is currently undertaking. This conference session gives you the […]
Official opening of the Centre
The official opening of the ARC Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) was held on Monday, 27th Nov’2017 at UNSW Sydney in conjunction with the 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM9). Together the events were attended by […]
The Path to Advanced Manufacturing
Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites (AMAC) is delighted to join Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre Ltd at their next information and networking event on 4 July 2018. This event will take place at UNSW where AMGC NSW/ACT State Director, Michael Sharpe will discuss on emerging […]
UNSW Engineering’s Automated Composites Laboratory
UNSW Engineering is home to Australasia’s only composite manufacturing robot at the new Automated Composites Laboratory facility. The new laboratory is a one-stop shop for research and industry.
UNSW signs MoU with NAL-CSIR, India
Vice-Chancellor of UNSW Prof. Ian Jacobs, Education Minister of Australia Simon Birmingham and Chief Scientist and Head of CSIR-NAL Dr. J. S. Mathur UNSW signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advanced composites manufacturing technologies to support the new […]
Visiting Researchers
AMAC has been very fortunate to host a number of accomplished researchers at our Centre who deal with a variety of topics that are trending now.
We are hiring Postdoctoral Fellows
This Australian Research Council funded Centre is Australia’s largest research entity dedicated to automated composites manufacturing. The Centre combines world-class research capability with an exciting and connected research training experience to nurture and develop future innovators. The Centre aims to […]
Our robot features
Automated Dynamics manufactured AFP machine consists of a placement head and robotic arm which are computer controlled using advanced software packages. Several manufacturing stages including lay-up, curing/heating and consolidation are merged together in lay-up head which increase the productivity.
Our Collaborators
