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Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)

Cybercrime Losses: An Examination of U.S. Manufacturing and the Total Economy

April 20, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

Cybercrime puts America's competitive edge and economic future at risk; however, there is some debate as to the extent that this activity is impacting economic

Summary Report: Meeting of the ASME Standards Subcommittee on Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations Hosted at NIST

March 20, 2020

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Michael P. Brundage, Joan Pellegrino

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the ASME Standards Subcommittee Meeting on Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics

Summary Report: Standards Requirements Gathering Workshop for Natural Language Analysis

March 2, 2020

Author(s)

Michael P. Brundage, Brian A. Weiss, Joan Pellegrino

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Standards Requirements Workshop for Natural Language Analysis on May 21, 2019, on the NIST

Economic Guide for Identifying and Evaluating Industry Research Investments: A Focus on Applied Manufacturing Research

December 3, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy

This guide was assembled to aid change agents, such as research and trade organizations, in evaluating potential research and development investments in the

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2019

October 31, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This report provides an overview of the US manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of US manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the US industry

Network Charter: Manufacturing USA Program (Rev October 2019)

October 4, 2019

Author(s)

Michael F. Molnar

Under the authority of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI) of 2014, the Secretary of Commerce established the Network for

Wireless User Requirements for the Factory Workcell

October 2, 2019

Author(s)

Karl Montgomery, Richard Candell, Yongkang Liu, Mohamed Hany

Wireless communication is becoming crucial to advanced manufacturing. Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing depend on networked industrial automation systems

Manufacturing USA Annual Report, FY 2018

September 17, 2019

Author(s)

Robert G. Rudnitsky, Michael F. Molnar, Frank W. Gayle, Hong Liang, Lisa J. Fronczek, Said Jahanmir, Zahraha S. Brunner

This annual report documents the progress of the Manufacturing USA program in meeting its goals and describes the major accomplishments of the Manufacturing USA

Influence of optical system operation on stability of single tracks in selective laser melting

August 20, 2019

Author(s)

Ivan Zhirnov, Igor Yadroitsev, Brandon Lane, Sergey Mekhontsev, Steven Grantham, Ina Yadroitsava

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasingly being studied and introduced into the modern industry, but for wide applications there exists some

Flow Time Innovations: The Effect on Productivity and Production in US Manufacturing

August 19, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

Between 2005 and 2016, US multifactor productivity declined an average 0.3 % annually. Some debate has ensued about the cause of this decline or whether there

On-Machine Measurement Use Cases and Information for Machining Operations

August 2, 2019

Author(s)

John A. Horst, Thomas D. Hedberg, Allison Barnard Feeney

Digital thread standards for both dimensional metrology and industrial machine tool operations have been defined in standards organizations and successfully

The Model Based Enterprise: A Literature Review of Costs and Benefits for Discrete Manufacturing

July 24, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

Currently, there is a limited understanding of the costs related to suboptimal design and production information. There is incomplete information on how

The Manufacturing Cost Guide: A Primer Beta Version 0.1

July 9, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This primer provides an overview in using the Manufacturing Cost Guide. It walks through the software tool and provides documentation on how the estimates are

Proceedings of the 10th Model-Based Enterprise Summit (MBE 2019)

July 2, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Mark G. Carlisle

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the tenth installment of the Model-Based Enterprise Summit (MBE 2019) on April 2-4, 2019 in

Proposed Expansion of Quality Information Framework (QIF) Standard Schema with Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Information Model

May 16, 2019

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.

Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) contains a method and the associated information requirements for quality management and risk analysis. FMEA

Proceedings of the 9th Model-Based Enterprise Summit (MBE 2018)

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg, Mark G. Carlisle

The ninth installment of the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit was hosted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on April 2-5, 2018. The

Summary Report on the Industry Forum for Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations

April 24, 2019

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Michael P. Brundage, Yannick Tamm, Tommi Makila, Joan Pellegrino

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Industry Forum: Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostic, and Prognostic for Manufacturing

2018 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems

April 22, 2019

Author(s)

Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Michael P. Brundage, Yan Lu, Evan K. Wallace, Albert W. Jones

This report summarizes the results from the 2018 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems, which was held at the National

Securing the Digital Threat for Smart Manufacturing: A Reference model for blockchain-based product data traceability

February 7, 2019

Author(s)

Sylvere Krima, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney

Manufacturing is moving to a digital paradigm where data is produced and consumed faster than ever. Managing this quantity of data is critical to daily

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2018

January 28, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This annual report characterizes US innovation and industrial competitiveness in manufacturing. It includes tracking domestic manufacturing activity and its

Network Charter: Manufacturing USA Program (Revised)

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Michael F. Molnar

The Effects of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process Parameters on Material Hardness and Density for Nickel Alloy 625

August 21, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown, Gregor Jacob, Antonio M. Possolo, Carlos R. Beauchamp, Max A. Peltz, Mark R. Stoudt, M A. Donmez

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between mechanical and material properties (including density) of manufactured nickel super alloy

Manufacturing USA Annual Report, FY 2017

August 10, 2018

Author(s)

Michael F. Molnar

As required by the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, this report describes the major accomplishments of Manufacturing USA in FY17

Model-Based Approach Towards Integrating Manufacturing Design and Analysis

July 10, 2018

Author(s)

Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

As internet technologies and cloud-based services evolve, a new market structure is emerging across various industries, and particularly in the data-driven

STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 5)

June 28, 2018

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer and Viewer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet or a set of CSV (comma-separated

2017 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems

June 25, 2018

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Yan Lu, Nenad Ivezic

This report summarizes the results from the 2017 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems, which was held at the National

Guide to Industrial Wireless Systems Deployments

May 21, 2018

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Mohamed T. Hany, Kang B. Lee, Yongkang Liu, Jeanne T. Quimby, Catherine A. Remley

This document is intended to be a practical guide used by engineers and managers facilitating them to go through the process of defining the objectives of their

Literature Review of Metal Additive Manufacturing Defects

May 17, 2018

Author(s)

Felix H. Kim, Shawn P. Moylan

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a revolutionary manufacturing technique, which is expected to reshape the future manufacturing industries. While various

The Costs and Benefits of Advanced Maintenance in Manufacturing

April 25, 2018

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

The manufacturing atmosphere is continually changing with new technologies and standards being swiftly developed. Firms create competitive advantages using

The Influence of Spreading Metal Powders with Different Particle Size Distributions on the Powder Bed Density in Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion Processes

March 28, 2018

Author(s)

Gregor Jacob, Christopher U. Brown, Alkan Donmez

In laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processes the powder size characteristics, like particle shape, particle size (PS), and particle size distribution (PSD), and