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! ! Digital!Steel!! Report!of!the!Steel!Industry!Research!Mapping!Project! Howard!Partners,!December!2012! ABSTRACT! This!document!is!the!Final!Report!of!the!Steel!Industry!Research!Mapping!Project! undertaken!by!Howard!Partners!over!the!period!September!to!December!2012.!It! is!set!out!under!headings!and!subheadings!contained!in!the!project!brief.!!Some! background! and! resource! material! is! included! in! a! separate! Attachment! document.!!! ! ! 1! Table!of!Contents! EXECUTIVE(SUMMARY(.......................................................................................................................................(1! WHY!“DIGITAL!STEEL”?!...........................................................................................................................................................!1! FINDINGS!.....................................................................................................................................................................................!1! A!WAY!FORWARD!.......................................................................................................................................................................!5! SUMMARY!OF!RESEARCH!CAPABILITIES!ACROSS!UNIVERSITIES!AND!RESEARCH!ORGANISATIONS!.............................!5! RECOMMENDATIONS!.................................................................................................................................................................!7! INSTITUTIONAL!OPTIONS!FOR!A!NATIONAL!INSTITUTE!FOR!STEEL!MANUFACTURING!PROCESS!SCIENCE,! ENGINEERING!AND!TECHNOLOGY!...........................................................................................................................................!8! HOW!SUCCESS!WILL!BE!EVIDENCED!....................................................................................................................................!10! 1! INTRODUCTION(..........................................................................................................................................(12! 1.1! PROJECT!PURPOSE!......................................................................................................................................................!12! 1.2! THE!BRIEF!....................................................................................................................................................................!12! 1.3! THE!PROBLEM,!AND!THE!OPPORTUNITY!TO!BE!ADDRESSED!...............................................................................!12! 1.4! REPORT!REQUIREMENTS!...........................................................................................................................................!13! 1.5! APPROACH!TO!THE!PROJECT!.....................................................................................................................................!13! 1.6! SCOPE!OF!THIS!REPORT!..............................................................................................................................................!14! 2! THE(STEEL(FABRICATION(RESEARCH(ENVIRONMENT(.................................................................(15! 2.1! RESEARCH!CAPABILITIES!RELATING!TO!STEEL!FABRICATION!.............................................................................!15! 2.1.1! Relevant+FORs+relating+to+steel+fabrication+.............................................................................................+15! 2.1.2! Research+income+..................................................................................................................................................+17! 2.1.3! ARC+grants+for+steel+fabrication+related+research+................................................................................+18! 2.1.4! Staffing+.....................................................................................................................................................................+19! 2.1.5! Research+outputs+.................................................................................................................................................+19! 2.1.6! Commercialisation+..............................................................................................................................................+19! 2.1.7! Research+impact+...................................................................................................................................................+20! 2.2! MAPPING!FORS!TO!FABRICATION!CAPABILITIES!..................................................................................................!21! 2.3! FABRICATION!CAPABILITIES!IN!AUSTRALIAN!UNIVERSITIES!AND!RESEARCH!ORGANISATIONS!...................!21! 2.3.1! Capability+map+.....................................................................................................................................................+21! 2.3.2! Education+and+training+.....................................................................................................................................+23! 2.4! OVERVIEW!OF!FABRICATION!CAPABILITIES!IN!UNIVERSITIES!AND!RESEARCH!ORGANISATIONS!..................!24! 2.4.1! Automation+and+robotics+.................................................................................................................................+24! 2.4.2! Assembly+..................................................................................................................................................................+25! 2.4.3! Casting+......................................................................................................................................................................+27! 2.4.4! Forming+...................................................................................................................................................................+28! 2.4.5! Cutting+......................................................................................................................................................................+30! 2.4.6! Joining+......................................................................................................................................................................+31! 2.4.7! Coatings+...................................................................................................................................................................+33! 2.4.8! Additive+manufacture+........................................................................................................................................+33! 2.4.9! Design,+architecture+...........................................................................................................................................+33! 2.4.10! Building+and+construction+management+................................................................................................+34! 2.5! RESEARCH!CAPABILITIES!IN!INDUSTRY!...................................................................................................................!34! 2.5.1! BlueScope+................................................................................................................................................................+34! 2.5.2! OneSteel+...................................................................................................................................................................+36! 2.5.3! Orrcon+Steel+...........................................................................................................................................................+37! 2.5.4! Baosteel+...................................................................................................................................................................+37! 2.5.5! Small+to+medium+enterprises+and+the+potential+for+disruptive+innovation+................................+38! 2.6! GAPS!..............................................................................................................................................................................!41! 2.6.1! Funding+for+foundation+discovery+research+.............................................................................................+41! 2.6.2! Funding+for+applicable+and+integrative+research+..................................................................................+41! 2.6.3! Linking+research,+education+and+training+................................................................................................+42! 2.7! OPPORTUNITIES!..........................................................................................................................................................!42! ! ii! Digital!Steel:!Steel!Industry!Research!Mapping!Project! ! 2.7.1! Internationalisation+and+export+...................................................................................................................+42! 2.7.2! Coating+technologies+..........................................................................................................................................+42! 2.7.3! Additive+manufacture/rapid+prototyping+................................................................................................+42! 2.7.4! Cold+formed+steel+unitised+construction+....................................................................................................+43! 2.7.5! Ship+building+..........................................................................................................................................................+43!
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