The ARC Future Fellowship project aims to use 3D printing technology to create new titanium alloy components that are substantially lighter and stronger than current versions and therefore highly relevant for high temperature and stress uses in leading-edge industries such as aeroplane manufacture. The project expects to create new means to strengthen and improve the resilience of the commercial alloys’ microstructure with unprecedented in-service performance and thereby substantially broaden the industrial adoptions of 3D-printed products. This should also provide significant cost and environmental benefits and enhance Australia’s international standing in cutting-edge research on advanced manufacturing and materials.

This ARC Linkage project aims to combine world-class expertise and facilities to deliver on-demand and advanced alloy components produced by revolutionary hybrid additive manufacturing technology, along with applicable processing parameters and post-process schemes for fabricating high-performance metal products for space and aerospace applications. The intended outcomes of this project include the delivery of a knowledge platform for fabricating alloy parts that have unprecedented high-temperature mechanical properties and environmental performance and providing significant benefits for the industry partner to establish its international portfolio of high-profit products.

This joint ARC Discovery project aims to sustainably protect magnesium alloys from aqueous corrosion in engineering services through an unprecedented self-passivation mechanism (analogues to stainless steel). This project is expected to generate new knowledge in the area of passivation mechanisms for magnesium alloys in corrosive environments through high-throughput screening and in-situ corrosion characterisation at atomic scale. This should provide significant benefits, such as enabling the debut of a scientific strategy to transform the magnesium alloy market with respect to end use (such as electric car industry), energy composition and emissions, which has significant industrial interest as it will provide new opportunities to minimise carbon footprint.

This project aims to establish the comprehensive profiles of Al-Mn-Sc alloys specifically for 3D printing by
advancing their alloy design, processing and mechanical performance. The project expects to generate new
knowledge in the area of aluminium alloys utilising additive manufacturing. Expected outcomes of this project
include enhanced capacity of industrial partner to deliver a variety of superior aluminium powder alloys to 3D-print
diverse products for different application scenarios. This should provide significant benefits, such as improving
industrial partner’s competitiveness, boosting economy and environmental sustainability and enhancing
Australia’s international standing in cutting-edge research on advanced manufacturing.