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Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Instruments

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) Program studies various material properties. If you are interested in measuring mechanical, structural, chemical, or thermal properties, NIST has a variety of tools to do so. Click on the cards below to explore our instruments by category, location, or project.

Feel free to contact us for more information or opportunities to collaborate. 

a researcher uses a capillary rheometer to study polymer properties
Migler - Meillon with Capillary Rheometer Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
Credit: NIST

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Electron backscatter diffraction for additive manufacturing. Colorized micrograph shows vertical bands in red, pink, and orange.

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Early morning aerial view of NIST's Boulder, Colorado, campus, the Flatiron Mountains are in the background

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Researcher uses optical coherence tomography (OCT). A hand in a purple glove turns a metal dial on a plate holding tiny vials of purple liquid.

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Manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Materials, Metrology and Physics

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MML Additive Manufacturing Program Coordinator

Created November 6, 2024, Updated December 10, 2024