Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Series
Invitation to Senior Executives, Product Managers, planners from all manufacturing sectors
Digital Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies are under continuous pressure to improve productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. An important avenue to achieve this is through the adoption of Digital Manufacturing.
What is Digital Manufacturing?
Digital Manufacturing describes computer driven technologies that replicate the process of goods production from design and prototyping through to plant layout, production processes and manufacture as well as management of resources and supply chains.
Digital Manufacturing brings cost and time efficiencies to product innovation and production. Digital Manufacturing includes additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping and digital engineering.
Speakers:
- Digital Manufacturing Overview: Ian Bridger, Department of Business and Innovation
- Rapid Reality Rendering of CAD files: Chris Blewitt, Migenius
- 3D Digital Scanning of built objects: Kevin Warrick, Scan-Xpress
- Additive Manufacturing case studies: Travis Hardy, Formero
- Additive Manufacturing Precinct: Marcos Anastassiou, RMIT
DATE: Thursday 5th May, 2011
VENUE: Sunshine Convention Centre, Victoria University, Gate 1,
460 Ballarat Rd, (parking on-site), Sunshine
TIME: 7.00am - 9.00am (light breakfast served)
RSVP: Pauline Hobbs or telephone 03 9935 0603

