“Additive Manufacturing” – often done with 3D printers – is being used more-and-more for “rapid prototyping” and full-scale manufacturing. Although traditional manufacturing methods are still often the best way to make many items (eg: by moulding, casting or forming), additive manufacturing is often the ONLY way of reliably making complex shapes with re-entrant angles, multiple “land-locked” internal structures etc.
There are many other sites providing info, ideas & inspiration on ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING . . . including Uni’s here in Australia such as RMIT in Melbourne, Victoria:
To find resources like this, got to https://www.rmit.edu.au and use their search box with terms like “additive manufacturing” or “3D printing”.
Other Australian Universities researching or using additive manufacturing include:
- The University of Wollongong https://www.uow.edu.au (use their search box)
- The University of Sydney https://www.sydney.edu.au (use their search box).
- Other Uni’s elsewhere researching or using additive manufacturing include: Massachussetts Institute of Technology: https://www.mit.edu (use search box).
