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Centre for New Manufacturing

Machining Services

Introduction

The Centre for New Manufacturing (CNM) facility at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn is fitted out with the latest advanced manufacturing equipment. CNM is working to assist the State’s manufacturers adapt to and take advantage of these new technologies to be competitive and sustainable in the face of global competition. CNM can offer the following Manufacturing Services to industry:

Rapid Prototype
  • Rapid Prototype
  • ZCorp
  • Full colour
  • 200X250X200mm
  • Material:- Plaster
  • Starch
  • Refractory
  • Elastomer
CNC / Laser Milling
  • CNC / Laser Milling
  • DMU50
  • 500x420x380
  • 32 tools, SK409, 35kW
  • 20-18,000 RPM
  • Cincinnati Sabre 750
  • 760x381x508
  • 21 tools, BT40, 9kW
  • 60-8,000 RPM
  • DML40
  • Laser Milling Centre
  • 6 axis 400x300x500
  • Nd: YAG, 100 W
CNC Lathe
  • CNC Lathe
  • Hardinge
  • Ø368 x 350 B/Ctrs
  • 12 tools,
  • 7.5kW, 50-5,000 RPM
  • Spindle bore Ø42mm
  • Chuck Ø150mm
Wire Cut
  • Wire Cut
  • Mitsubishi
  • DWC90HA 5 axis Wirecut EDM
  • Table Capacity 400x350x160
  • Workpiece Weight 175kg
  • Wire sizes 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.25mm, 0.3mm
Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • Laser Scanner
  • Faro Platinum Arm 2.4m with Model Maker Laser Y system
  • Repeatability Sphere µ20, Cone µ25
  • Length accuracy µ36
  • Output – point cloud, mesh, surface
  • Files output – Rhino, IGES, STEP, AutoCAD, 3D Studio, LightWave.
Laser Scanner
  • Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • Sheffield Discovery II D-8
  • Axis Travels
    • X 500mm motor driven
    • Y 600mm motor driven
    • Z 400mm motor driven
    • A,B 360/90deg P10a any angle driven probe