Expertise


Hardwear has access to leading experts and facilities in the areas of laser, robotics and materials technology. Professor Milan Brandt (from Swinburne University of Technology and far right in both photos below)) is Hardwear's Technical Manager and is a Fellow of the Laser Institute of America. Professor Brandt is shown separately with Dr Nazmul Alam (CSIRO) and also, on site, with Brian Dempster and Dr. Jim Harris (Swinburne University of Technology).

Recent Technical Papers

* Brandt et al. "In situ laser repair of steam turbine blades." Conference on Lasers in Manufacturing, Munich, June 2007

* Sun et al. "Effect of increment.....on the formation of multi-track cladding." PICALO Conference, Melbourne 2006.

* Sun et al. "Laser Cladding of Stellite 6." PICALO Conference, Melbourne 2004.