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Data Handling in the Vertical Workstation of the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at the National Bureau of Standards
Published
Author(s)
Thomas R. Kramer
Abstract
This paper discusses data handling in the Vertical Workstation (VWS) of the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) at the National Bureau of Standards. The descriptions pertain to the system in use during the summer of 1987. The paper covers those aspects of data handling dealt with by the author, which includes most of the VWS modules and subsystems.
AMRF, data handing, modules, PDES, STEP, Vertical Workstations (VWS)
Citation
Kramer, T.
(1988),
Data Handling in the Vertical Workstation of the Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at the National Bureau of Standards, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821247
(Accessed October 15, 2025)