Machining

News and Updates

NIST’s Ultra-small, Shape-shifting GEMS Offer an Easier and Cheaper way to improve MRI Imaging

December 20, 2023

Microscopic magnetic probes that change shape in response to their environment may greatly enhance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, producing the

NIST Researcher Presents on Use of SimPROCESD Software to Model Manufacturing Production and Maintenance

December 1, 2023

At the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, NIST researcher Mehdi Dadfarnia presented research findings based on use of NIST-developed SimPROCESD software, which can

No Fib: NIST Unmasks a Superfast Process for Nanoscale Machining

August 23, 2022

Cutting intricate patterns as small as several billionths of a meter deep and wide, the focused ion beam (FIB) is an essential tool for deconstructing and

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Augmented Intelligence for Manufacturing Systems (AIMS)

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The U.S. economy depends on manufacturing as a significant contributor for jobs, the nation’s economic output, and the production of goods for the world

Publications

Cutting force estimation from machine learning and physics-inspired data-driven models utilizing accelerometer measurements

November 13, 2023

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Yongzhi Qu, Reese Eischens, Gregory Corson, Tony Schmitz, Andrew Honeycutt, Jaydeep Karandikar, Scott Smith

Monitoring cutting forces for process control may be challenging because force measurements typically require invasive instrumentation. To remedy this situation

Introduction of a constitutive material model considering variable carbon content for cutting simulation

May 2, 2023

Author(s)

Christian Baumann, Steven P. Mates, Stephan Krall, Friedrich Bleicher

Carbon steels show complex strain hardening and dynamic strain aging effects under high plastic strains, high strain rates, high temperatures and high heating

Vision-based thermal drift monitoring method for machine tools

April 15, 2023

Author(s)

Gregory W. Vogl, Ainsley Rexford, Zongze Li, Robert Landers, Edward Kinzel, Alkan Donmez, Joe Chalfoun

A method is presented to measure machine tool thermal drift for error compensation. A wireless microscope within a tool holder in the spindle is used to capture

Unmasking the Resolution–Throughput Tradespace of Focused-Ion-Beam Machining

August 21, 2022

Author(s)

Andrew Madison, John S. Villarrubia, Kuo-Tang Liao, Craig R. Copeland, Joshua Schumacher, Kerry Siebein, Robert Ilic, James Alexander Liddle, Samuel M. Stavis