New 3D printer from SPEE3D could revolutionise Australian manufacturing

Posted on 27 Jul 2017 by Aiden Burgess
SPEE3D CEO Byron Kennedy and his LightSPEE3D metal printer - image courtesy of business.gov.au

A world-first commercial 3D printer, invented in Darwin, has the potential to revolutionise manufacturing in Australia.

The new LightSPEE3D printer will form the centrepiece of a new industrial research hub to be based at Charles Darwin University – thanks to a $400,000 Northern Territory (NT) Government grant for the purchase of the machine from Darwin-based innovative start-up company SPEE3D. The LightSPEE3D printer has the potential to turn 3D metal printing, which is…

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