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Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)

Prediction of Solidification Phases in Cr-Ni Stainless Steel Alloys Manufactured by Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion Process

March 1, 2018

Author(s)

Gregor Jacob

The knowledge of material phases in chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) stainless steel alloys is sometimes important during parts and structures fabrication processed

Synchrotron Methods for Flexible Hybrid Electronics Industrial Recommendations on Interagency (DoC-DoD-DoE) Partnerships to Address Measurement Challenges Hindering the Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Ecosystem

February 12, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, Richard A. Vaia, Ronald Pindak

The round-table participants concluded that facilities at NSLS-II provide immediate opportunities to address some of the critical processing and measurement

Software Requirements Specification to Distribute Manufacturing Data

December 18, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Marcus W. Newrock

The purpose of this document is to describe the requirements specifications for applications and a data repository to distribute manufacturing data. Prospective

Design and Configuration of the Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed

December 18, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu

The purpose of this document is to describe the design and configuration of the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed. Prospective developers, technical

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2017

November 29, 2017

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

The purpose of this report is to characterize US innovation and industrial competitiveness in manufacturing. It includes tracking domestic manufacturing

Summary Report on a Workshop on Advanced Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations

November 13, 2017

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Donnie Alonzo, Steve D. Weinman

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, hosted a "Workshop on Advanced

Investment Analysis Methods: A practitioner's guide to understanding the basic principles for investment decisions in manufacturing

October 17, 2017

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This guide was assembled for those manufacturers that may not have the resources to maintain staff dedicated to evaluating potential investments. It is an

Proceedings of the 2017 Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit

October 12, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg, Mark G. Carlisle

On April 3-6, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Model- Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit to identify challenges, research

Guide to the NIST PMI CAD Models and CAD System PMI Modeling Capability Verification Testing Results

October 5, 2017

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman, James J. Filliben

This guide contains supplemental information for the NIST MBE PMI Validation and Conformance Testing Project. It is assumed that the reader has some familiarity

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 4)

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

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

NIST/OAGi Workshop: Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing Enabling Composable Apps

April 19, 2017

Author(s)

Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Hyunbo Cho, Yan Lu, Jim Davis, Thorsten Wuest, Farhad Ameri, William Z. Bernstein

This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST workshop Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing -- Enabling Composable Apps, which was held at the National

Summary of the Symposium on Data Analytics for Advanced Manufacturing

April 13, 2017

Author(s)

Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Ronay Ak, Yung-Tsun Lee, Rumi Ghosh, Sudarsan Rachuri

The Symposium on Data Analytics for Advanced Manufacturing was held in conjunction with the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Big Data in Washington D.C. on

Effects of powder recycling on stainless steel powder and built material properties in metal powder bed fusion processes

February 27, 2017

Author(s)

Gregor Jacob, Christopher U. Brown, M A. Donmez, Stephanie S. Watson

A series of 11 identical laser based powder bed fusion (PBF) builds were completed with varying amounts of virgin and recycled nitrogen gas atomized S17-4 PH

Findings from the NIST/ASTM Workshop on Mechanical Behavior of Additive Manufacturing Components

December 27, 2016

Author(s)

Nikolas W. Hrabe, Nicholas Barbosa, Steve Daniewicz, Nima Shamsaei

Valuable information was gathered from a broad representation of the additive manufacturing (AM) community (150 attendees from industry, government, academic

Network Charter: Manufacturing USA

December 15, 2016

Author(s)

Michael F. Molnar

Under the authority of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish the Network for Manufacturing

Measurement Science Roadmap for Polymer-Based Additive Manufacturing

December 12, 2016

Author(s)

Kalman D. Migler, Richard E. Ricker

Charter of the Institute Directors Council: Manufacturing USA

November 18, 2016

Author(s)

Craig Blue, Larry Brown, Yoel Fink, Nick Justice, Michael Liehr, Tom McDermott, Ed Morris, Shawn P. Moylan

The Manufacturing USA program is composed of the collective of all of the manufacturing innovation institutes and a supporting Network. The Network serves the

Reference Architecture for Smart Manufacturing Part 1: Functional Models

September 29, 2016

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Evan K. Wallace

This document is a part of the definition of a reference architecture for the integration of manufacturing software applications in the areas of fabrication and

Measurement Science Roadmap for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart Manufacturing Systems

September 27, 2016

Author(s)

Joan Pellegrino, Mauricio Justiniano, Anand Raghunathan, Brian Weiss

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Roadmapping Workshop: Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management of Smart

Microstructure Analysis for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Existing Standards

September 14, 2016

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown

A Summary Report on the Model-Based Enterprise Capability Index and Guidebook Workshop

August 22, 2016

Author(s)

Joan Pellegrino, Yannick Tamm, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a "Model-Based Enterprise Summit" from April 12-14, 2016 with the intention of identifying