THE JOURNEY TO INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING

Australian Manufacturing Week is back home to Melbourne, in a big way. Staged at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibiton Centre from 9–12 May 2023, AMW 2023 is Australia’s Premier Manufacturing Solutions Event.

Owned and organised by AMTIL, Australian Manufacturing Week is more than just an exhibition. AMW is a week-long celebration of manufacturing in Australia.

AMW had a massive show in Sydney last year, with 6,000 trade visitors and 170-plus exhibitors in 4,500 square metres of exhibition space spread over four days.

This Australian manufacturing show needs a week to run its course, and it is coming home to fill the biggest venue in Melbourne. We’re looking at 10,764 square metres, 330-plus exhibitors, spread across a week, just across the Yarra river from the great city of Melbourne.

Since the country opened up from lockdowns last year, we have seen a resurgence of market activity within Australia and manufacturers have answered the call to find new business. They are all enthusiastic to show off their best, newest and brightest skills, machinery and expertise.

There is such a variety of manufacturing happening in Australia, AMTIL has grouped the major sectors of manufacturing in their own areas, while still keeping everything under one roof, open to all. To demonstrate the advancements within each particular segment of the manufacturing industry, there are seven areas to explore. There is help at hand to find your way through the sea of stands as well. AMW’s organisers have teamed up with the event management software specialists Map Your Show to create a set of online tools and help during your visit, and in advance. There is also a completely rebuilt AMW App available so all you need is your phone to organise your days. It’s like having your own personal guide for AMW2023.

“When AMTIL started representing the Australian manufacturing industry some 23 years ago, I never suspected we would also be organising the annual industry show, now the biggest manufacturing exhibition in the southern hemisphere,” said AMTIL CEO Shane Infanti. “Welcome to AMW2023.”

7 Product zones

AUSTECH – MACHINE TOOLS

Australia’s premier advanced manufacturing and machine tool exhibition, showcases machine tools and ancillary equipment

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Spotlighting the latest advances in 3D printing

AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURERS PAVILION

Showcasing the capabilities of Australia’s precision engineering and advanced manufacturing sector

MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS

Offering optimised solutions to the most common challenges, from materials handling and safety to raw materials, software and integrated manufacturing solutions

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Covering robotics, the internet of things, digitalisation, automation and controls, everything you need for increased productivity and optimisation of manufacturing operations

WELD & AIR SOLUTIONS

Highlighting advanced welding processes and air technology and reticulation

PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY

Covering all aspects of injection moulding, moulded plastics, raw materials and plastics processes

AUSTECH Machine Tools & Ancillary Equipment Zone

The AUSTECH Machine Tools Zone @ AMW 2023 will be epicentre of the entire exhibition. As the oldest zone within the exhibition, AUSTECH invites the top companies within the Machine Tools and Ancillary Equipment industries.

AUSTECH Machine Tools Zone is specifically targeted at the metalworking, machine tool and ancillary market in Australia and covers advanced manufacturing products and processes including: CNC Machinery, Lathes, Mills; Contract Manufacturing/Precision Machining; Cutting Tools, Tooling and Tool Holding; Forming and Fabricating Machines; Plasma, Laser, Waterjet and Ultrasonic Machines; Ancillary equipment suppliers.

Few of the well-known industry leaders exhibiting at AUSTECH are Okuma, John Hart, Headland Technology, Applied Machinery, Bystronic, Kraftech, Hare & Forbes, Sheetmetal Machinery Australia, Amada, Alfex CNC, Acra Machinery, SWI Engineering, IMTS Machinery, Stamac Engineering, Bystronic, Power Machinery, Iscar. Guhring, Multicam, Techni Automation, Modern Tools, Peddinghaus and FICAP.

With this wide range of technologies and industry leaders all on display at the one time and one place, the Australian Manufacturers pavilion should be on the must visit calendar for all the industry professionals and enthusiasts.

ISCAR Australia is a high-profile producer in the Australian metalworking sector.

As well as sponsoring the AUSTECH Machine Tools Zone, ISCAR is a producer of innovative cutting tools for metalworking, including turning, grooving, milling, hole making, boring and threading tools.

Additive Manufacturing Zone

The Additive Manufacturing Zone will spotlight the latest advances in the technologies within this sector.

Techniques within Additive Manufacturing include Stereolithography, Selective Laser Sintering, Material Extrusion, Sheet lamination, Binder jetting, Cold Spray processing, Material jetting, directed energy deposition, powder bed fusion, VAT photo polymerisation and wire arc manufacturing (WAAM). Many of these will be represented within the Additive Manufacturing Zone.

With the likes of Bilby 3D, CSIRO Manufacturing, SLM Solutions, GoProTo (ANZ), Objective 3D, FormLab Inc., Titomic, Additive Australia, Thinglab, Metal Tech, and RMIT University, the range of exhibitors includes Additive Manufacturing users, suppliers, and supporters.

Additive Manufacturing is prominent in design and evaluation, modelling, rapid manufacturing, repair, tooling, fixturing and most importantly, production. With such an extensive array of technologies on display all on one floor, it would the ONE place to be for all Additive Manufacturing enthusiasts and professionals.

Australian Manufacturers Pavilion

The Australian Manufacturers Pavilion will be showcasing the most advanced technologies within this sector. This home-grown Pavilion showcases the capabilities of Australia’s precision engineering and advanced manufacturing industry.

The Australian Manufacturers Pavilion is where AMW celebrates the very best in Australian manufacturing, providing a showcase for some of this country’s most accomplished component manufacturers, precision engineering firms, toolmakers, advanced manufacturers, and general engineering companies.

The various capabilities within Manufacturers Pavilion include Tooling, Cutting Technologies, w and prototyping, Aluminium Extrusion, Machining, Cutting and Milling Solutions, Sheet Metal fabrication, Powder Coating, Laser Cutting, Panel Folding and Digitisation. Many of these will be represented within the Australian Manufacturers Pavilion.

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Manufacturing Solutions Zone

The Manufacturing Solutions Zone, sponsored by Adobe, offers optimised solutions to the most common challenges experienced by manufacturers.

From materials handling and warehousing to integrated manufacturing and safety solutions. The manufacturing industry would not be able to function effectively without a diverse array of ancillary technologies and support services.

With the likes of Adobe, Autodesk, All Manufacturing Personnel, Carbide Tools Ltd, Schmalz Australia, TXM Lean Solutions, Sterna Global Logistics, Simply Finance, Monash Smart Manufacturing Hub and MYOB, the Manufacturing Solutions Zone is where you can find answers.

The Manufacturing Solutions Zone incorporates everything from equipment for materials handling and logistics, and safety products, through to the latest software for streamlining manufacturing operations, and specialist service providers in areas such as law, finance, and skills, training, and recruitment.

Robotics & Automation Zone

The Robotics and Automation Zone will feature the latest state-of-the-art equipment and processes for the optimisation of manufacturing operations.

Robots are practical technologies, with artificially intelligent software brains, created and designed by engineers to refine, manufacture, and move Australian manufacturing ahead.

While countless works of science fiction have depicted robots as sources of wonder or menace, the reality today is much more common, with modern robots liberating human workers from an ever-growing array of repetitive and dangerous tasks.

And these innovative robotic technologies and the software that run them that will be featured at the Robotics and Automation Zone. Primary among the technologies and capabilities on display are Industrial Robotic Technology, Machine Tool Tending, Fibreglass and Gelcoat, Paint finishing. Materials handling, Shot blasting, process Control and measurement.

Weld & Air Solutions Zone

The Weld & Air Solutions Zone will highlight advanced welding processes and provide high-quality interactive experiences that demonstrate developments and applications in the welding sector.

The Weld & Air Solutions Zone, sponsored by Atlas Copco, will highlight advanced welding processes, and provide high-quality interactive experiences that demonstrate developments and applications in the welding sector. Welding is critical in metal fabrication and manufacturing today. In fact, it is used in creating more than half of the products manufactured in Australia. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers use hand-held or remotely controlled equipment to join or cut metal parts.

The various types of Welding Technologies at Weld & Air Solutions Zone would be Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW/TIG), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) and Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). An assortment of this tech will be represented within the Welding & Air Solutions Zone.

Plastics Technology Zone

The Plastics Technology Zone is your hands on opportunity to inspect the latest in plastics machinery, mould-making technologies, raw materials, and plastics manufacturing processes.

This area will cover injection and blow moulding, extrusion, thermoforming, and compounding, mould making and tool making, raw materials and recycling, plastic technology processes. The Plastics Technology Zone will be showcasing the most advanced technologies including polymer manufacturing, compounding, distribution, processing, equipment & polymer tooling.

“PIMA was part of Australian Manufacturing Week (AMW) 2022 held at the Sydney ICC which we found was huge success,” said President of the Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia (PIMA), Grahame Aston. “PIMA will again be a part of AMW 2023 in Melbourne. Being there to discuss directly with exhibitors is so important as it gives everyone the opportunity to work out first-hand if they are the right fit for your product or if they are someone to do business with. I would certainly encourage anyone that has services to offer to get on board.”