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Asset Condition Management: A Framework for Smart, Health-Ready Manufacturing Systems

June 26, 2020

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Nancy Diaz-Elsayed, Luis Hernandez, Ravi Rajamani, Brian A. Weiss

Unscheduled downtime in manufacturing systems can be a major source of lost productivity, profits, and, ultimately, reduced process quality and reliability

Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Grasp Strength, Grasp Cycle Time, Finger Strength, and Finger Repeatability of Robot End-effectors

April 1, 2020

Author(s)

Joseph A. Falco, Daniel Hemphill, Kenneth E. Kimble, Elena R. Messina, Adam Norton, Rafael F. Ropelato, Holly A. Yanco

This paper describes a set of metrics and supporting benchmarking protocols for determining the performance characteristics of robot end-effectors. In the short

Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Small Parts Robotic Assembly Systems

April 1, 2020

Author(s)

Kenneth E. Kimble, Joseph A. Falco, Elena R. Messina, Karl Van Wyk , Yu Sun, Mizuho Shibata, Wataru Uemura, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji

This paper presents a set of performance metrics, test methods, and associated artifacts to help progress the development and deployment of robotic assembly

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

A Graph Database Approach to Wireless IIoT Work-cell Performance Evaluation

February 28, 2020

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Mohamed T. Hany, Yongkang Liu, Karl R. Montgomery, Sebti Foufou

The work-cell is an essential industrial environment for testing wireless communication techniques in factory automation processes. A new testbed was recently

Defining Near-term to Long-term Research Opportunities to Advance Metrics, Models, and Methods for Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing

February 21, 2020

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Arvind Shankar Raman, Karl Haapala, Kamyar Raoufi, Barbara S. Linke, William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris

Over the past century, research has focused on continuously improving the performance of manufacturing processes and systems - often measured in terms of cost

A Standardized PMML Format for Representing Convolutional Neural Networks with Application to Defect Detection

December 11, 2019

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Max K. Ferguson, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Anantha Narayanan, Kincho H. Law

Convolutional neural networks are becoming a popular tool for image processing in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. However, managing the storage and

An Assistive Learning Workflow on Annotating Images for Object Detection

December 9, 2019

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Vivian W. Wong, Max K. Ferguson, Kincho H. Law, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

We present an end-to-end workflow to generate annotated image datasets for object detection. With this workflow, which we call assistive learning, we are able

Infrastructure for Model Based Analytics for Manufacturing

December 9, 2019

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

Multi-resolution simulation models of manufacturing system, such as the virtual factory, coupled with analytics offer exciting opportunities to manufacturers to

Economic Guide for Identifying and Evaluating Industry Research Investments: A Focus on Applied Manufacturing Research

December 4, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas S. 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

Software to Report Product and Manufacturing Information in QIF Files

December 4, 2019

Author(s)

Robert R. Lipman

The QIF PMI Report (QPR) software generates a spreadsheet from a Quality Information Framework (QIF) file containing Product and Manufacturing Information (PMI)

CHALLENGES IN REPRESENTING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR SYSTEMATIC SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS - WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21, 2018

November 27, 2019

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Arvind Shankar Raman, Dustin Harper, Karl Haapala, Barbara S. Linke, William Z. Bernstein, Katherine C. Morris

A workshop on Challenges in Representing Manufacturing Processes for Systematic Sustainability Assessments, jointly sponsored by the U.S. National Science

On Practice and Theory of Constructive Composite Geometry and Topology

November 25, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney, Vijay Srinivasan

This paper synthesizes a theory from industrial best practices codified in recent standards. Recent editions of ASME and ISO standards codify the evolving

Annual Manufacturing Review: 2019

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Douglas S. 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

Nestor: A Tool for Natural Language Annotation of Short Texts

November 1, 2019

Author(s)

Thurston B. Sexton, Michael P. Brundage

Nestor is a software tool that annotates natural language CSV (comma-separated variable) files, with a UTF-8 encoding, using a process called tagging [1]. The

Enriching Analytics Models with Domain Knowledge for Smart Manufacturing Data Analysis

October 31, 2019

Author(s)

Heng Zhang, Utpal Roy, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

Today, data analytics plays an important role in Smart Manufacturing decision making. Domain knowledge is very important to support the development of analytics

White Paper: Determining When and Where PHM Should be Integrated into Manufacturing Operations

October 28, 2019

Author(s)

Luis Hernandez, Mark Walker, Al Salour, Radu Pavel, Brian A. Weiss

The ASME Subcommittee on Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics for Advanced Manufacturing has produced this white paper to highlight the rationale and key

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

Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Impact Level Example Implementations Guide: Volume 3 Discrete-based Manufacturing System Use Case

September 30, 2019

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Timothy A. Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael J. Pease, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, Neeraj Shah, Wesley Downard

This guide provides example proof-of-concept solutions demonstrating how available open-source and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products could be implemented

Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Impact Level Example Implementations Guide: Volume 1 General Implementation Guidance

September 30, 2019

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Timothy A. Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael J. Pease, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, Neeraj Shah, Wesley Downard

This guide provides general implementation guidance (Volume 1) and example proof-of-concept solutions demonstrating how available open-source and commercial off

Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile Low Impact Level Example Implementations Guide: Volume 2 Process-based Manufacturing System Use Case

September 30, 2019

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Timothy A. Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael J. Pease, Jeffrey A. Cichonski, Neeraj Shah, Wesley Downard

This guide provides example proof-of-concept solutions demonstrating how available open-source and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products could be implemented

Agreement Behavior of Isolated Annotators for Maintenance Work-Order Data Mining

September 27, 2019

Author(s)

Emily Hastings, Thurston B. Sexton, Michael P. Brundage, Melinda Hodkiewicz

Maintenance work orders (MWOs) are an integral part of the maintenance workflow. These documents allow technicians to capture vital aspects of a maintenance job

Studies to Predict Maintenance Time Duration and Important Factors From Maintenance Workorder Data

September 26, 2019

Author(s)

Fnu Madhusudanan Navinchandran, Michael E. Sharp, Michael P. Brundage, Thurston B. Sexton

Maintenance Work Orders (MWOs) are a useful way of recording semi-structured information regarding maintenance activities in a factory or other industrial

Categorization Errors for Data Entry in Maintenance Work-Orders

September 24, 2019

Author(s)

Thurston B. Sexton, Melinda Hodkiewicz, Michael P. Brundage

In manufacturing, there is a significant push toward the digitization of processes and decision making, by increasing the level of automation and networking via

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