Process improvement

News and Updates

NEW RELEASE: Guide to Sustainable Investment Analysis

March 24, 2021

NIST’s Applied Economic Office released a “Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Investment Analysis” based on ASTM E3200. This guide presents techniques for

Researcher Brandon Lane making adjustments inside the large 3D printer

NIST Awards Nearly $4 Million to Support Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing

December 29, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded nearly $4 million in grants to help accelerate

A Lab-to-Market Tale: Icemaker Invention

April 7, 2020

Dr. David Yashar was always interested in finding ways to use practical application of science to improve real systems, so he studied mechanical engineering at

Projects and Programs

Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials

This project develops and applies metrologies and standards for characterizing microstructure and dynamics in advanced functional materials of technological

Metrology for Real-Time Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly variable due to inadequate dimensional tolerances, surface roughness, and defects, thereby limiting its

Photonic Dosimetry

As part of the NIST on a Chip program, the Photonic Dosimetry project is developing in-situ sub-micrometer ionizing-radiation dosimetry and calorimetry leading

AM Machine and Process Control Methods for Additive Manufacturing

Part quality in additive manufacturing (AM) is highly dependent on the process control, but there is a lack of adequate AM control methods and standards. In

Publications

Oxidation in Reused Powder-Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Ti-6Al-4V Feedstock: A Brief Review

October 17, 2021

Author(s)

Nicholas Derimow, Nik Hrabe

Unmelted titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) feedstock powder oxidizes during powder-bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM), which limits the useful lifetime of a

Assessing Industrial Robot agility through international competitions

August 31, 2021

Author(s)

Anthony Downs, Zeid Kootbally, William Harrison, Pavlo Piliptchak, Brian Antonishek, Murat Aksu, Craig I. Schlenoff

Manufacturing and Industrial Robotics have reached a point where in order to be more useful to small and medium sized manufacturers, the systems must become

Quantifying Machining Process Inventories In Detailed Design

August 24, 2021

Author(s)

William Z. Bernstein, Till Boettjer, Deverajan Ramanujan

This paper quantifies machining process inventories based on commonly used techniques in various stages of the detailed design process. We investigate

Online Improvement of Condition-based Maintenance Policy via Monte Carlo Tree Search

June 30, 2021

Author(s)

Michael Hoffman, Eunhye Song, Michael Brundage

Often in manufacturing systems scenarios arise where the demand for maintenance exceeds the capacity of maintenance resources. This leads to the problem of

Software

Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) Builder

January 26, 2018

The Unit Manufacturing Process (UMP) Builder allows researchers to record their UMP models according to the ASTM E3012-16 standard . One of the main drivers