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Forging the future of advanced composites

Manufacturer's Monthly

Billy Friend sat down with founder and director Joe Bryant to learn about the company’s ambitions to propel Australia into the upper echelon of advanced composites manufacturing. Fresh from university, Joe Bryant began his career as an aerospace engineer with Airbus, working on the company’s first composite helicopter, the ARH Tiger.

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MIT: LucidSim training system helps robots close Sim2Real gap

Robotics Business Review

They quickly realized, however, that with tight control on the composition of the image content, the model would produce similar images that weren’t different from each other using the same prompt. So, they devised a way to source diverse text prompts from ChatGPT. “While this technique generates diverse data, it lacks realism.

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Atlas Composite Technologies receives seven-figure investment boost

MEM

A specialist manufacturing company, Atlas Composite Technologies, has received a seven-figure investment boost to fuel its growth plans. Atlas designs and manufactures complex composites for use in a range of sectors, including aerospace, defence, medical, elite motorsport and niche automotive such as supercars and hypercars.

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Post-Market Surveillance Continues to Show Low Observed Complication Rates with OssDsign Cranial PSI

Additive Manufacturing

OssDsign Cranial PSI is a patient-specific cranial implant made from 3D printed medical-grade titanium covered by a regenerative calcium phosphate composition. Over time, the calcium phosphate composition degrades and is replaced with bone, leaving the patient with a well-integrated implant, potentially lasting a lifetime.

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3D printing with limitless design

Manufacturer's Monthly

CNC Design started the research and development project for these machines in 2017, prompted by the requirements of a specific wax printing project in the UK. “It Today, VSF can print large components made of concrete as well as thermoplastic composites. VSF Composite. Virtual Smart Factory composite 3D printer.

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Researchers crack of mystery of why Roman concrete lasts so long

E&T

This material can then react with water, creating a calcium-saturated solution, which can recrystallise as calcium carbonate and quickly fill the crack, or react with pozzolanic materials to further strengthen the composite material. These reactions take place spontaneously and therefore automatically heal the cracks before they spread.

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Nasa selects five experiments for 2024 total solar eclipse

E&T

The project, led by Amir Caspi at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, builds on Caspi’s successful 2017 project with a new camera suite. By flying along the eclipse path, they also hope to extend their time in the Moon’s shadow by over two minutes.