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Framework for Standardization of Simulation Integrated Production Planning

June 15, 2016
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Guodong Shao, Bjoern J. Johansson
Production planning is a complex problem that is typically decomposed into decisions carried out at different control levels. Production planning methods employed often assume a static environment; therefore, the plans developed may not be feasible if shop

Propagation of Error from Registration Parameters to Transformed Data

June 6, 2016
Author(s)
Mili Shah, Marek Franaszek, Geraldine Cheok
Methods to register two sets of data have existed for quite some time. However, these sets of data are rarely error-free. Consequently, any parameters obtained from a registration method will be affected by the error in the sets of data. Moreover, if these

Methods and Tools for Performance Assurance of Smart Manufacturing Systems

June 2, 2016
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Katherine C. Morris, Senthilkumaran Kumaraguru
The emerging concept of smart manufacturing systems is defined in part by the introduction of new technologies that are promoting rapid and widespread information flow within the manufacturing system and surrounding its control. These systems can deliver

Test Methods for Robot Agility in Manufacturing

June 2, 2016
Author(s)
Anthony J. Downs, William S. Harrison, Craig I. Schlenoff
In today's world of fast-paced change and ever evolving technologies, there is constant pressure on manufactures for agile production. The need for customization and robustness require today's manufacturers to shift production goals quickly, and address

Recommendations for Autonomous Industrial Vehicle Performance Standards

May 31, 2016
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman
A workshop was held at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, called: "Autonomous Industrial Vehicles: From the Laboratory to the Factory Floor." Nine research papers were presented followed by a discussion session summarized in this

TOWARDS BUSINESS PROCESS CATALOG FOR CLOUD-ENABLED SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES

May 31, 2016
Author(s)
Nenad Ivezic, Miroslav Ljubicic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Conrad Leiva, Scott Nieman, Zoran Marjanovic
Advances in cloud-enabled service-oriented architectures have caused a resurgence of industry interest in business process catalog as a vehicle for establishing shared references for collaborative business processes. With this paper, we start to explore

Understanding sustainability data through unit manufacturing process representations: a case study on stone production

May 24, 2016
Author(s)
Bjoern J. Johansson, Mahesh Mani, William Z. Bernstein, Kevin W. Lyons, KC Morris, Laurie Rebouillat, Ilaria Barletta
Efficiency of natural stone production processes in quarries directly affects the economic output and environmental performances, such as production lead times and energy consumptions. Knowledge on stone production processes is crucial in making

Thermography and Weld Strength Characterization of Thermoplastic Extrusion 3D Printing

May 23, 2016
Author(s)
Jonathan E. Seppala, Kaitlyn E. Hillgartner, Chelsea S. Davis, Kalman D. Migler
In fused filament fabrication (FFF), a material extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) method, thermoplastic filament is extruded though a rastering nozzle on prior layers building a 3 dimensional object. The resulting strength of the FFF produced part is

Multiple Sensor Detection of Process Phenomena in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

May 20, 2016
Author(s)
Brandon M. Lane, Eric P. Whitenton, Shawn P. Moylan
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) process in which a high power laser melts metal powder layers into complex, three-dimensional shapes. LPBF parts are known to exhibit relatively high residual stresses, anisotropic

Towards Annotations and Product Definitions for Additive Manufacturing

May 20, 2016
Author(s)
Paul W. Witherell, Gaurav Ameta, Jennifer Herron
As AM is viewed more and more as a production-capable technology, the costs of complexity have become increasingly apparent in the form of information requirements. With design flexibilities come the need to capture and communicate complex shapes. In

Automating Robot Planning using Product and Manufacturing Information

May 9, 2016
Author(s)
Frederick M. Proctor, Gijs van der Hoorn, Robert R. Lipman
Advances in sensing, modeling, and control have made it possible to increase the accuracy of robots, and enable them to perform in dynamic environments. Often, performance deficiencies are not evident until late in the development of the manufacturing

Addressing Perception Uncertainty Induced Failure Modes in Robotic Bin-Picking

May 3, 2016
Author(s)
Krishnanand N. Kaipa, Akshaya S. Kankanhalli-Nag, Nithyananda B. Kumbla, Shaurya Shriyam, Srudeep Somnaath Thevendria-Karthic, Jeremy Marvel, Satyandra K. Gupta
We present a comprehensive approach to handle perception uncertainty to reduce failure rates in robotic bin-picking. Our focus is on mixed-bins. We identify the main failure modes at various stages of the bin-picking task and present methods to recover

In-Situ Metrology to Characterize Water Vapor Delivery during Atomic Layer Deposition

May 2, 2016
Author(s)
Tariq Ahmido, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling, Joseph T. Hodges, James E. Maslar
Water is often employed as the oxygen source in metal oxide atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes. It has been reported that variations in the amount of water delivered during metal oxide ALD can impact the oxide film properties. Hence, one contribution

Analysis and Optimization based on Reusable Knowledge Base of Process Performance Models

April 29, 2016
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Daniel Menasce?, Ronay Ak
In this paper, we propose an architectural design and software framework for fast development of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics solutions for dynamic production processes. The proposed architecture and framework will

Diagnostics for geometric performance of machine tool linear axes

April 29, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory W. Vogl, M A. Donmez, Andreas Archenti
Machine tools degrade during operations, yet knowledge of degradation is elusive; accurately detecting degradation of linear axes is mainly a manual and time-consuming process. Thus, manufacturers need automated and efficient methods to diagnose the

Baseline Tailor User Guide

April 25, 2016
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
This guide describes how to use Baseline Tailor, a software tool for navigating the United States Government's Cybersecurity Framework and for tailoring the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 security
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