Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE140100003
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$280,000.00
Summary
Flexible forming facility for low cost light weight applications. Flexible forming facility for low-cost light-weight applications: This project will establish Australia’s first flexible roll forming facility. The facility will be unique in the world, being specifically designed to roll form the most advanced high strength alloys into complex three-dimensional shapes and investigate their material behaviour under a wide range of loading conditions. This technology represents a step change in com ....Flexible forming facility for low cost light weight applications. Flexible forming facility for low-cost light-weight applications: This project will establish Australia’s first flexible roll forming facility. The facility will be unique in the world, being specifically designed to roll form the most advanced high strength alloys into complex three-dimensional shapes and investigate their material behaviour under a wide range of loading conditions. This technology represents a step change in commercial processing and has the capacity to form materials with high strength and limited ductility. This will lead to the development of new techniques for the manufacture of new advanced materials including advanced high strength steels, composites, nano structured metals and light metal alloys for automotive and aerospace applications.Read moreRead less
Novel electric field induced coupling technique for liquid-phase heteroepitaxial growth of carbon thin films with diamond-like structure. The aim of the project is the growth of carbon thin films with a robust diamond-like structure for high performance electronic applications via the development of a new growth technique: Electric Field Induced Coupling (EFIC), which is based on liquid-phase layer-by-layer heteroepitaxial growth. The EFIC technique employing unique polarization-induced growth w ....Novel electric field induced coupling technique for liquid-phase heteroepitaxial growth of carbon thin films with diamond-like structure. The aim of the project is the growth of carbon thin films with a robust diamond-like structure for high performance electronic applications via the development of a new growth technique: Electric Field Induced Coupling (EFIC), which is based on liquid-phase layer-by-layer heteroepitaxial growth. The EFIC technique employing unique polarization-induced growth will significantly enhance technological output compared to existing technologies by overcoming current difficulties with expensive and complicated production methods. Ambient temperatures and pressures employed by the technique will enable us to form diamond-based semiconductors at low cost with sufficient speed and the properties required for industrial production.
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Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - Grant ID: IH130100008
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$4,000,000.00
Summary
ARC Research Hub for Transforming Australia’s Manufacturing Industry through High Value Additive Manufacturing. ARC Research Hub for Transforming Australia’s Manufacturing Industry through High Value Additive Manufacturing. A world class, globally-linked and industry-focussed Research Hub will be established to underpin the uptake of metal alloy based additive manufacturing (including three-dimensional printing) in Australia. Research will cover the issues that need to be resolved for success, ....ARC Research Hub for Transforming Australia’s Manufacturing Industry through High Value Additive Manufacturing. ARC Research Hub for Transforming Australia’s Manufacturing Industry through High Value Additive Manufacturing. A world class, globally-linked and industry-focussed Research Hub will be established to underpin the uptake of metal alloy based additive manufacturing (including three-dimensional printing) in Australia. Research will cover the issues that need to be resolved for success, including the effects of non-equilibrium solidification, process optimisation to achieve quality, consistency and repeatability, and new user-friendly design tools to realise the benefit of free-form manufacturing. Real components will be studied to give immediate impact. The Research Hub will also train highly skilled people needed for this growing industry.Read moreRead less
Condition monitoring of large, horizontal low speed slew bearings. Remote sensing has often been used to collect vibration data .To date, no current analysis technique has produced results that appear consistent due to the low speed (less than 1 Hz), and the acyclic characteristic of the rolling element anti-friction bearing.
The contact vibration energy between rolling elements and races is low due to the low speed of the motion, and thus the vibration produced is masked by the general runnin ....Condition monitoring of large, horizontal low speed slew bearings. Remote sensing has often been used to collect vibration data .To date, no current analysis technique has produced results that appear consistent due to the low speed (less than 1 Hz), and the acyclic characteristic of the rolling element anti-friction bearing.
The contact vibration energy between rolling elements and races is low due to the low speed of the motion, and thus the vibration produced is masked by the general running vibration and is not readily distinguishable from the background vibration of the rotating structure. The aim of this project is to use remote sensors to collect information about the state of horizontal slew bearings and develop an analysis technique that will predict the short to medium term behaviour of horizontal slew bearings. The technique has the potential of saving $3.2 million in loss production per an unplanned breakdown of a slew bearing in a steel plant.
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Analysis of complex systems for the condition monitoring of a rolling mill. A knowledge of the relationships between input variables and measured output states of a rolling mill should enable significant improvements to dimensional stability of the product being produced and to an increase in availability of the rolling mill. The aim of this project is to develop a methodology for developing relationships between input variables that contribute to the measured output states of fully assembled r ....Analysis of complex systems for the condition monitoring of a rolling mill. A knowledge of the relationships between input variables and measured output states of a rolling mill should enable significant improvements to dimensional stability of the product being produced and to an increase in availability of the rolling mill. The aim of this project is to develop a methodology for developing relationships between input variables that contribute to the measured output states of fully assembled rolling mill stands and this enable the operator to identify and avoid undesirable mill states.Read moreRead less
Intelligent Modelling of Thin Strip Rolling. The main aim of this project is to develop an integrated model which incorporates asymmetric rolling, dynamics of strip-roll interface and intelligent control of strip gauge. The innovation of the project includes the intelligent modelling of thin strip rolling with high precision and strip-roll interface dynamics. The expected outcomes are technical recommendations on optimum speed differential between the top and bottom work rolls under different fr ....Intelligent Modelling of Thin Strip Rolling. The main aim of this project is to develop an integrated model which incorporates asymmetric rolling, dynamics of strip-roll interface and intelligent control of strip gauge. The innovation of the project includes the intelligent modelling of thin strip rolling with high precision and strip-roll interface dynamics. The expected outcomes are technical recommendations on optimum speed differential between the top and bottom work rolls under different friction and lubrication conditions, a model of neural networks/fuzzy logic to control accurately strip gauge and cross shear rolling and a verification of the developed model at the University of Wollongong and Tokyo Metropolitan University.Read moreRead less
Mechanics of Thin Strip Steering in Hot Rolling. The main aim of this project is to model the strip steering in hot rolling. The innovation of the project is the application of a meshless finite element method (FEM) to simulate the snaking of strip at high rolling speed between rolling mill stands, which has not been applied for this problem. The expected outcome is a comprehensive simulation model that can predict accurately the strip shape and the snaking of strip,identify the parameters that ....Mechanics of Thin Strip Steering in Hot Rolling. The main aim of this project is to model the strip steering in hot rolling. The innovation of the project is the application of a meshless finite element method (FEM) to simulate the snaking of strip at high rolling speed between rolling mill stands, which has not been applied for this problem. The expected outcome is a comprehensive simulation model that can predict accurately the strip shape and the snaking of strip,identify the parameters that cause snaking and to validate the effectiveness of the numerical model utilising the experimental rolling mills at UoW and NEU.Read moreRead less
Advanced Shape Development in Cold Rolling of Thin Strip. The manufacturing of thin strip with good shape, profile and flatness has a significant impact on society by providing high quality products to the electrical, instruments, and other industries. Metal manufacturing is a major Australian industry. If innovative thin strip rolling technology is developed, it will enable dramatic improvement in the strip manufacturing industry, which will bring significant economic and social benefits to Aus ....Advanced Shape Development in Cold Rolling of Thin Strip. The manufacturing of thin strip with good shape, profile and flatness has a significant impact on society by providing high quality products to the electrical, instruments, and other industries. Metal manufacturing is a major Australian industry. If innovative thin strip rolling technology is developed, it will enable dramatic improvement in the strip manufacturing industry, which will bring significant economic and social benefits to Australia. The project will expand the university's R&D capability and make it a world leader in advanced metal rolling technology of thin strips. This will include the development of innovative rolling technology and new rolling theory, as well as further collaborative links with industry in Australia.Read moreRead less
Magneto-optical imaging of super-current flow in superconducting tapes and wires. This project is aimed at establishing the connections between local and global superconducting current-carrying abilities in magnesium diboride and high temperature superconducting tapes and wires. Local high-resolution magneto-optical imaging combined with transport current techniques will be employed. Super-current stream-lines and critical current density distributions will be quantitatively obtained from local ....Magneto-optical imaging of super-current flow in superconducting tapes and wires. This project is aimed at establishing the connections between local and global superconducting current-carrying abilities in magnesium diboride and high temperature superconducting tapes and wires. Local high-resolution magneto-optical imaging combined with transport current techniques will be employed. Super-current stream-lines and critical current density distributions will be quantitatively obtained from local magnetic flux behaviour. Pinpointing the connections is expected not only to promote production technology, but also to elucidate factors influencing the current-carrying ability in the tapes and wires.Read moreRead less
Additive manufacturing wear-resistant products for erosive environments. Additive manufacturing wear-resistant products for erosive environments. This project aims to develop technology to manufacture large scale, wear resistant components, involving new materials, computer-aided-design and direct hybrid manufacturing comprising laser additive and machining processes. The technology could produce more wear resistant components, using new iron-based powders, designed mesoscale graded structures a ....Additive manufacturing wear-resistant products for erosive environments. Additive manufacturing wear-resistant products for erosive environments. This project aims to develop technology to manufacture large scale, wear resistant components, involving new materials, computer-aided-design and direct hybrid manufacturing comprising laser additive and machining processes. The technology could produce more wear resistant components, using new iron-based powders, designed mesoscale graded structures and microscale reinforcing phases of appropriate morphology and size. The proposed approach is expected to lead to lower cost manufacturing mining products which perform better and have a lower environmental footprint, and more competitive Australian mining manufacturing operations.Read moreRead less