An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory Fiscal Year 2014 (2015) / Chapter Skim
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4 Intelligent Systems Division
4 Intelligent Systems Division
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manufacturing. The division's measurement science research programs aim to improve the versatility of intelligent automation technologies for smart manufacturing and cyberphysical systems applications; to optimize the performance of smart manufacturing systems; and to enable rapid, cost-effective production of products through advanced manufacturing processes and equipment.
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It will be important to grow multidisciplinary staff capabilities for this project and to develop a broad network of connections for dissemination of results, especially to small and mid-sized enterprises. It will be equally important to transfer knowledge from this project area to other programs in the ISD so that cybersecurity can be built into standards and measurement science for applications in smart factories, control systems, manufacturing processes and equipment, and next-generation robotics and automation.
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The ISD recognizes that the scope of work needs to grow in order to address the need for evaluation criteria for many aspects of robot performance, such as the dexterity and manipulation characteristics of the new generation of industrial robots. Smart Manufacturing Processes and Equipment The objective of the Smart Manufacturing Processes and Equipment program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science that will enable rapid and cost-effective production of innovative, complex products utilizing measurements, physics-based modeling, and simulation of machines and processes at the workstation level.
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manufacturing industry of additive manufacturing processes for metal by helping to overcome technology barriers and enable robust, deterministic, and rapid production of innovative, customized, complex products. Projects for Other Agencies Projects sponsored by other government agencies have been an important part of the ISD portfolio for many years, providing both supplemental financial support for the division's technical staff and new professional connections to researchers and practitioners in other fields.
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In order to exploit the extensive portfolio of fundamental research programs in materials, particularly at DOE and the National Science Foundation (NSF) , the United States needs an equal level of innovation focused on the fundamental research and standards required to create manufacturing processes and technologies that enable commercialization of new products.
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Further engagement with equipment manufacturers, research institutions, academia, other government entities, and the international community engaged in different additive manufacturing processes, would enable the ISD to influence and engage others in further advancing measurement science for its suite of additive manufacturing processes. An early success is the development of a prototype standard test artifact for additive manufacturing.
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Building on the pilot round-robin testing with equipment manufacturers, manufacturing companies, academia, and government institutions that are working with different laser powder bed fusion machines or materials would help to generate a larger data set and address machine-model-to-machine-model variation. Similar work is being performed at other laboratories with different materials and different machines.
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However, when the objective of the research is measurement science based on the combination of features that only one machine offers, this practice can consume months of procurement cycle time and end up by selecting unsuitable equipment, or it may be cancelled or restarted with different specifications. The laboratory technical staff need an opportunity to justify their narrow specifications for required equipment, with appropriate technical management review.
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It is understood that policy decisions in this area are beyond the division's control, but the ISD needs to work with NIST management and administrative offices to develop budget categories and strategies that distinguish travel for programs, travel for staff development, and travel for personnel recruitment and relocation, so that policy makers can fine-tune future guidance. Travel restrictions impede ISD personnel from making important contacts, developing professional relationships, and gaining a world perspective at events such as the World Radiocommunications Conference, which takes place every 3 or 4 years, at which in 2015 new radio frequency spectrum standards will be discussed and established; Euromold, the world's largest conference on additive manufacturing; and AUTOMATICA, the world's largest conference on robotics, assembly lines, and machine-vision systems.
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Recommendation: The Intelligent Systems Division should apply their recognized expertise in science-based smart machining to additive manufacturing by pursuing a hybrid approach to achieving the division's desired impact on advances in measurement science to enable widespread adoption by the U.S. manufacturing industry of additive manufacturing processes for metals.
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