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Design, Manufacturing, and Inspection Data for a Three-Component Assembly

February 12, 2019
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Michael E. Sharp, Toby M. Maw, Mostafizur M. Rahman, Swati Jadhav, James J. Whicker, Allison Barnard Feeney, Moneer M. Helu
To better understand and address the challenges faced in linking all stages of a manufacturing and design process, an investigative fabrication process was designed and enacted as part of a collaboration between the National Institute of Standards and

Standards-based integration of advanced process control and optimization

October 28, 2018
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, Hasan Latif, Carla Martin, Peter O. Denno
Integration of process control with optimization is critical to Smart Manufacturing (SM). Oftentimes, however, the process control solutions from one vendor do not interoperate with the optimization solutions of another. Incompatibilities among the

The Industrial Ontologies Foundry Proof-of-Concept Project

August 26, 2018
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Evan K. Wallace, Dimitris Kiritsis, Barry Smith, Chris Will
The current industrial revolution is said to be driven by the digitization of manu-facturing that exploits connected information across all aspects of manufacturing. Standards have been recognized as an important enabler. Ontology is the next generation

Condition-based Real-time Production Control for Smart Manufacturing Systems

August 19, 2018
Author(s)
Yan Lu, Feifan Wang, Feng Ju
In this paper, we present condition-based real-time production control for smart manufacturing which is aimed at improving system performance by automatically assessing a production system's condition and dynamically configuring the processing routes for

STEP File Analyzer and Viewer User Guide (Update 5)

June 28, 2018
Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer and Viewer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet or a set of CSV (comma-separated value) files from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) file. The spreadsheets

Baseline Tailor

June 26, 2018
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
Baseline Tailor is an innovative web application for users of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and Special Publication (SP) 800-53. Baseline Tailor makes the information in these widely referenced

Contextualizing Manufacturing Data for Lifecycle Decision Making

March 12, 2018
Author(s)
William Z. Bernstein, Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Allison Barnard Feeney
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems manage the flow of data about the product and the processes that are used throughout the product's lifecycle so that the right information is delivered at the right time to the right systems. Manufacturing in the

Extending and Evaluating the Model-based Product Definition

December 22, 2017
Author(s)
Nathan W. Hartman, Jesse Zahner, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
Industrial practice is in a state of transition, away from the use of drawings towards the use of annotated 3D CAD models as a means of communication. Working as a representation of an object or a system, a model-based product definition (MBD) is used to

Design and Configuration of the Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed

December 18, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu
The purpose of this document is to describe the design and configuration of the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed. Prospective developers, technical-assessment personnel, researchers, and interested end-users are the intended audience of this

Software Requirements Specification to Distribute Manufacturing Data

December 18, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Marcus W. Newrock
The purpose of this document is to describe the requirements specifications for applications and a data repository to distribute manufacturing data. Prospective developers, technical-assessment personnel, and interested end-users are the intended audience

Design Patterns for Visualization-Based Tools in Sustainable Product Design

November 5, 2017
Author(s)
Deverajan Ramanujan, William Z. Bernstein, Karthik Ramani
Most design activities involve exploring and comparing similar existing designs. Thus, adopting an eco-conscious approach in the design exploration process can aid environmentally sustainable product design (SPD). A promising approach for supporting

Proceedings of the 2017 Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit

October 12, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Mark G. Carlisle
On April 3-6, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Model- Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and les- sons learned in manufacturing and quality assurance where a

STEP File Analyzer User's Guide (Version 4)

August 17, 2017
Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman
This guide describes how to use the STEP File Analyzer, a software tool that analyzes and generates a spreadsheet or a set of CSV (comma-separated value) files from a STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data) file. The spreadsheets simplify

NIST/OAGi Workshop: Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing – Enabling Composable Apps

April 19, 2017
Author(s)
Nenad Ivezic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Hyunbo Cho, Yan Lu, Jim Davis, Thorsten Wuest, Farhad Ameri, William Z. Bernstein
This report summarizes the results from the OAGi/NIST workshop Drilling down on Smart Manufacturing -- Enabling Composable Apps, which was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus in Gaithersburg, MD, on April 18-19, 2016. The

Towards a Digital Thread and Data Package for Metals Additive Manufacturing

March 6, 2017
Author(s)
Paul Witherell, Yan Lu, Shaw C. Feng, Duckbong Kim
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been envisioned by many as the next industrial revolution. Potential benefits of AM include the production of low-volume, customized, complicated parts/products, supply chain efficiencies, shortened time-to-market, and

A Summary Report on the Model-Based Enterprise Capability Index and Guidebook Workshop

August 22, 2016
Author(s)
Joan Pellegrino, Yannick Tamm, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a "Model-Based Enterprise Summit" from April 12-14, 2016 with the intention of identifying challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in manufacturing and quality

Towards a Lifecycle Information Framework and Technology in Manufacturing

July 14, 2016
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Allison Barnard Feeney, Moneer M. Helu, Jaime A. Camelio
Industry has been chasing the dream of integrating and linking data across the product lifecycle and enterprises for decades. However, industry has been challenged by the fact that the context in which data is used varies based on the function in the

Implementing the ISO 15746 Standard for Chemical Process Optimization

July 3, 2016
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, Peter O. Denno, Albert T. Jones, Yan Lu
Integrating advanced process control solutions with optimization (APC-O) solutions, within any factory, enables more efficient production processes. Currently, vendors who provide the software applications that implement control solutions are isolated and
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