Instruments by Project
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Additive Manufacturing (AM) has a variety of tools for additive manufacturing. Click on the plus (+) icons below to explore our AM instruments by project. Each project provides a list of instrumentation and AM techniques it uses. For more information, visit the project pages linked below and contact the respective project leaders.
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Optical coherence tomography uses light waves to take cross sectional images of a sample.
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R. Wilson/NIST
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Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM Bench)
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Confocal Microscopes Metallographic Equipment (Cutting, Grinding, Polishing, Mounting, Examining) Micro and Macro Mechanical Testing Systems NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Optical Microscopes Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) X-Ray Computed Tomography (XRCT) Back to Top
Additive Manufacturing Fatigue and Fracture
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Acoustic Non-Destructive Evaluation Atom Probe Tomography Atomic Force Microscopy Mechanical Testing (Including Small-Scale, High/Low Temperature, Extreme Environments, Static and Dynamic, etc.) Microhardness Mapping Nanoindentation Mapping Optical Microscopy Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) X-Ray Computed Tomography X-Ray Diffraction Back to Top
Additive Manufacturing of Metals (AMOM) – Focus on "Accelerated AM Alloy Design"
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Electron Backscatter Diffraction Laser Confocal Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Back to Top
Additive Manufacturing of Metals (AMOM) – Focus on "Composition Sensitivity"
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Arc Melter With Suction Casting Differential Scanning Calorimeter Electron Backscatter Diffraction Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy High Temperature Furnaces Instrumented Hardness Indenter Laboratory X-Ray Diffraction Quenching Pushrod Dilatometer Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Back to Top
Additive Manufacturing of Metals (AMOM) – Focus on “Mechanical Characterization”
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Compression and Tension Kolsky Bars (Often Referred to as Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar) (Strain Rates up to 5000 1/s, Temperatures to 1000 °C) High Resolution Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Systems High Speed Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Systems High Speed Thermography System High-Speed Servohydraulic Material Testing System (Velocities Up To 12 m/s) Instrumented Indentation Tester Instrumented Microhardness Indenter (Vickers, Berkovich, Knoop, and Flat Punch Tips Knoop, Vickers, Brinell, and Rockwell Hardness Testers "Quasi-Static Screw Driven Material Testing System (5 kN Capacity)" Quasi-Static Servohydraulic Material Testing System (Velocities up to 50 mm/s and 50 kN Capacity) Back to Top
Additive Manufacturing of Metals (AMOM) – Focus on “Performance of AM-Processed Alloys”
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Arc Melter With Suction Casting Computer Controlled Potentiostat/Galvanostat Customized Electromechanical Tensile Frame Electron Backscatter Diffraction Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy High Temperature Furnaces Instrumented Hardness System Laboratory X-Ray Diffraction Metallographic Preparation Systems Quenching Pushrod Dilatometer Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Back to Top
Biofabrication of Tissue Engineered Constructs
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Digital Holographic Microscopy Optical Coherence Tomography Back to Top
Ceramic Additive Manufacturing
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Atomic Force Microscope Anton Parr Shear Controlled Rheometer ARES G2 Strain Controlled Rheometer Capillary Rheometer Ceramic Synthesis (High Energy Planetary Milling, High Speed Mixing, High Temperature Furnaces) Cold Sintering Stage Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science (CTCMS) Focused Ion Beam (FIB) NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Sample Prep (Grinding, Cutting, Polishing) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) X-Ray Diffraction Back to Top
Embedded 3D Printing
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Confocal Microscope Planetary Mixer Rheometer Ring Tensiometer Shear Cell Back to Top
Hierarchical Materials
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Differential Scanning Calorimeter Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer Rotational Rheometer Scanning Electron Microscope Thermogravimetric Analyzer Back to Top
Inkjet Printing and Precision Deposition
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DART Mass Spectrometer Multiple Commercial Trace Detectors Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer Back to Top
Multifunctional 3D Printable Polymer-Metal Composites
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Differential Scanning Calorimeter Rheometer Thermogravimetric Analyzer Back to Top
Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing
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Atomic Force Microscope Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy Nanoindentation Optical Coherence Tomography Rheometry UV-Vis Spectroscopy X-Ray Micro Computed Tomography Back to Top
Point-of-Care Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Precision Medicine
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Various LC-MS, GC-MS, and Microscopy Characterization Tools Advion ExpressION Single Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer IonTOF TOF-SIMS Ocean Insights Jaz UV-Vis Ondax/Kaiser THz Raman Spectrometer Shimadzu UV-Vis Back to Top
Polymer Additive Manufacturing and Rheology
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ARES G2 Rheometer CCD Cameras/Custom Print Heads, Conveyor Belts DACA Microcompounder Du Nuoy Ring Tensiometer DXR Raman Spectrometer FLIR IR Camera Link AM CSS450 Optical shear cell NIST-Built Rheo-Raman Microscope Olympus BX-51 Optical Microscope Optical Camera Photon High Speed Birefringence Camera ThermoFisher Minijet Pro ThermoFisher Process 11 Time-Gated Raman Spectrometer Back to Top
Structural Metrology of Advanced Manufacturing Processes
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NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Back to Top
True Becquerel
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Decay Energy Spectrometer Materials Deposition Printer Microfab Facility Back to Top
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Created December 9, 2024, Updated April 15, 2025
