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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

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

Even Small Factories Can Get Smarter

October 1, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu
Smart manufacturing uses data to deliver value the way automation, mechanical machinery, and labor did in the past. Yet engineers often worry that transitioning to smarter factories involves navigating a deluge of unfamiliar and possibly expensive

TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR SMART MANUFACTURING

July 4, 2017
Author(s)
Shaw C. Feng, William Z. Bernstein, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
The need for capturing knowledge in the digital form in design, process planning, production, and inspection has increasingly become an issue in manufacturing industries as the variety and complexity of product lifecycle applications increase. Both

Promoting Model-Based Definition to Establish a Complete Product Definition

August 31, 2016
Author(s)
Shawn P. Ruemler, Kyle E. Zimmerman, Nathan W. Hartman, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
Most of the manufacturing and engineering industries, especially aerospace and defense, are evolving and starting to use 3D models as the central knowledge artifact for product data and product definition, or what is known as Model-based Definition (MBD)

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

Technical Data Packages (TDPs) from the Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed

July 1, 2016
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Moneer M. Helu, Allison Barnard Feeney
Data is collected from the Manufacturing Lab using the MTConnect standard. That data is aggregated and published internally and externally of NIST via web services. Three channels of data dissemination are available or becoming available from the SMS Test

Promoting Model-Based Definition to Establish a Common Information Model

June 28, 2016
Author(s)
Shawn P. Ruemler, Kyle E. Zimmerman, Nathan W. Hartman, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr., Allison Barnard Feeney
The manufacturing industry is evolving and starting to use 3D models as the central knowledge artifact for product data and product definition, or what is known as Model-based Definition (MBD). The Model-based Enterprise (MBE) uses MBD as a way to

Interoperability: linking design and tolerancing with metrology

June 2, 2016
Author(s)
Ed Morse, Saeed Heysiattalab, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.
On October 30, 2014 the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved QIF v 2.0 (Quality Information Framework, version 2.0) as an American National Standard. Subsequently in early 2016 QIF version 2.1 was approved. This paper describes how the QIF

End-to-End Quality Information Framework (QIF) Technology Survey

May 9, 2016
Author(s)
John L. Michaloski, Thomas D. Hedberg, Hui-Min Huang, Thomas R. Kramer
The goal of this paper is to understand how quality information characterizing the manufactured parts can be reported in a XML standardized format. The Quality Information Framework (QIF) is an ANSI standard sponsored by the Dimensional Metrology Standards

Testing the Digital Thread in Support of Model-Based Manufacturing and Inspection

March 8, 2016
Author(s)
Thomas D. Hedberg, Joshua Lubell, Lyle Fischer, Larry Maggiano, Allison Barnard Feeney
A number of manufacturing companies have reported anecdotal evidence describing the benefits of Model-Based Enterprise (MBE). Based on this evidence, the entire industry has embraced a vision to deploy MBE. In our view, the best chance of realizing this