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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has a diverse and specialised portfolio of laser-based technologies to support various industries such as manufacturing, mining, defence, transport, energy, etc.
The Operational Command Centre (OCC) Asset and Fleet Management System, designed by the CSIR, serves as a decision support tool providing clients with situational awareness for effective and efficient management of operational assets and personnel safety.
Forensic engineering involves investigating and analysing failures or accidents related to mining and metallurgical plant operations.
The CSIR Learning Factory is a collaborative platform that has been established to support skills development and innovation, for leveraging opportunities of the 4IR.
Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a specialised manufacturing process employed in industrial sectors to eliminate internal defects in components that occur during the initial manufacturing process.
Additive manufacturing is a relatively new manufacturing technology and is generally considered one of the key technologies that support the production of complex, high-value and low-volume parts for industry.
The Optronic Sensor Systems (OSS) group from the CSIR has developed an Infrared (IR) Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) training tool for this purpose. The ECM trainer allows the student to interact with different scenarios and learn what works and what doesn’t.
The contactless fingerprint recognition device verifies the identity of an individual by comparing a captured fingerprint to one that is on paper or stored in memory.