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Advanced Manufacturing Series (NIST AMS)

Manufacturing USA: Rapid Response to COVID-19

March 23, 2021

Author(s)

Zahraha Brunner, Zachary Valdez, Donald Ufford

The report highlights the manufacturing innovation projects developed by the institutes and their partners across the country to combat COVID-19. Manufacturing

A Standards Roadmap for 3D Imaging in Robotic Assembly Applications

March 15, 2021

Author(s)

Kamel Saidi, Geraldine Cheok

Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Investment Analysis Based on ASTM E3200

March 15, 2021

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Anand M. Kandaswamy, David Butry

This guide presents techniques for evaluating manufacturing investments from the perspective of environmentally sustainable manufacturing by pairing economic

Manufacturing USA 2019/2020 Highlights Report

February 25, 2021

Author(s)

Frank W. Gayle, Michael Molnar, John Roth, Zahraha Brunner

Manufacturing USA® is a network of public-private partnerships united to secure U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing through large scale

Wireless User Requirements for the Factory Workcell

February 8, 2021

Author(s)

Karl Montgomery, Richard Candell, Mohamed Hany, Yongkang Liu

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

Annual Report on U.S. Manufacturing Industry Statistics: 2020

October 27, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This report provides a statistical review of the U.S. manufacturing industry. There are three aspects of U.S. manufacturing that are considered: (1) how the U.S

A Simple Numerical Model for LPBF AM Powder Reuse and Experimental Design for Model Verification

October 26, 2020

Author(s)

Aniruddha Das, Jordan Weaver, Shawn P. Moylan, Alkan Donmez

Powder reuse is an integral part of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing (AM). A mathematical series expression is proposed to quantify powder

Uncertainties for Machine Tool Modeling

September 30, 2020

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, William Stann

Machine tool models play an important role to support decision-making for machine tool procurement, process planning, and production scheduling in manufacturing

Industrial Wireless Deployments in the Navy Shipyard

August 30, 2020

Author(s)

Rick Candell, Karl Montgomery, Yongkang Liu, Mohamed Hany

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have partnered to investigate the application of digital

Recommendations on Ensuring Traceability and Trustworthiness of Manufacturing-Related Data

July 16, 2020

Author(s)

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

The purpose of this recommendations report is to provide practical how-to guidance for ensuring traceability and trustworthiness of manufacturing-related data

Recommendations for Collecting, Curating, and Re-Using Manufacturing Data

July 16, 2020

Author(s)

Moneer M. Helu, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.

This report provides general recommendations for collecting, curating, and re-using manufacturing data from both additive and subtractive processes. The

Connecting, Deploying, and Using the Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed

July 16, 2020

Author(s)

Moneer M. Helu, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.

This report describes how different smart manufacturing standards and technologies, such as MTConnect, were integrated in the National Institute of Standards

Thermal Calibration of Commercial Melt Pool Monitoring Sensors on a Laser Powder Bed Fusion System

July 7, 2020

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Lars Jacquemetton, Martin Piltch, Darren Beckett

STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 6)

June 24, 2020

Author(s)

Robert Lipman, Soonjo Kwon

The STEP File Analyzer and Viewer opens a STEP (ISO 10303 - STandard for Exchange of Product model data) Part 21 file and (1) generates a spreadsheet or CSV

The Manufacturing Cost Guide: A Primer - Version 1.0

June 10, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

This primer provides an overview in using the Manufacturing Cost Guide: https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/manufacturing-cost-gui…. It explains

Economics of Manufacturing Machinery Maintenance: A Survey and Analysis of U.S. Costs and Benefits

June 1, 2020

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas, Brian Weiss

This report examines U.S. costs of machinery maintenance along with losses due to inadequate maintenance strategies in discrete manufacturing (NAICS 321-339

Proceedings of the 11th Model-Based Enterprise Summit (MBE 2020)

April 30, 2020

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Mark G. Carlisle

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the eleventh installment of the Model-Based Enterprise Summit (MBE 2020) on March 31 through

Proceedings of the ASTM E57 Workshop on Standards for 3D Perception Systems for Robotic Assembly Applications December 2 3, 2019

April 27, 2020

Author(s)

Kamel S. Saidi, Geraldine S. Cheok, Guixiu Qiao, John A. Horst, Marek Franaszek

A two-day workshop was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD on December 2 - 3, 2019 on the subject of defining

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