Swinburne Marketing Strategy

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Centre for New Manufacturing
Centre for New Manufacturing John Cawley -
Manager Ph 9214 8576
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What is New Manufacturing?

• Integration of traditional mechanical engineering
  with modern electronics and computer aided
  engineering for
• design
• prototyping
• manufacture and
• maintenance of
• products and processes.

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Role of the Centre

• Conduct Applied Research
• Evaluate training products and services
• Assist in the Commercialisation process Research
  to Practice
• Assist in the knowledge transfer process
• Engage VET sector aligning Capability
  Resources
• Engage Industry, small, medium (SMEs) large
  enterprises
• Develop Networks and Partnerships
• Conduct workshops forums

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New Emerging Skills

• New technologies require new skills.
• Technicians will need a wide variety of basic
  skills across many disciplines.
• New skills are emerging, some not yet even
  developed.
• Shared technology where multiple systems share
  a single technology.

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New Emerging Technologies/Processes

• Initial research by the Centre for New
  Manufacturing and others has shown that in order
  for Victoria to maintain its competitiveness in
  manufacturing, skills development will be
  required in a number of new areas.
• Control by wire
• Micro technology
• Nano technology
• Clean room manufacturing
• Virtual design, simulation rapid prototyping
• Photonics
• Integrated Manufacturing

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Partnerships

• Partners Projects
• Secondary Schools - VCAL Mfg RE Engineering Aust
• TAFE Institutes - Vic Photonics Network TAFE
  Group
• Higher Education - Adv Mfg Control Systems Safety
• Research - Minifab, ANTA Demo CRCs/TAFE
• Industry - Laser Technology / Operator course
• Government - Teacher industry release
• International - Mfg Equipment Capability
  Alliance, MECA

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Projects MECA Workshop

• Manufacturing Equipment Capability Alliance
• Alliance between
• Swinburne TAFE
• Swinburne Higher Ed
• CRCs
• Industry
• Government

• To Provide
• Infrastructure
• Leading edge Equipment
• Relevant Training
• Laser Technology
• Resource sharing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Low volume production
• Design Process prove-out

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Location

• The Centre is located in Building TB on the
  Hawthorn campus.
• I welcome and encourage all to come in and
  experience

The Centre for New Manufacturing 21st Century
Technology
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Thank you