Australia Opens $6 Million Research Center to Accelerate Industrial-Scale 3D Printing

Source: http://inside3dprinting.com/

(3DPrint.com) — Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, has announced the grand opening of Lab 22, a $6 million research center that has been created in order to accelerate the adoption of industrial scale metal 3D printers in the nation. The printers, purchased from Arcam at a price as high as $1 million apiece, can be used for a number of valuable applications such as the printing of titanium medical implants; intricate, yet strong components for both prototyping; end-use parts, and much more.

Among the companies to sign up is Canberra and Australia-based Made for Me, a startup which has set out to create a localized network of 3D printers that can be used by Australians to print models that they have uploaded at facilities nearby. Made for Me could best be described as a 3D Hubs, confined to the continent of Australia, which offers 3D printing in a wide range of materials such as sandstone, nylon, thermoplastics, aluminum, titanium, gold, silver, and bronze.