Manufacturing Portal - OverviewProviding technical support to the nation's manufacturing industries as they strive to out-innovate and outperform the international competition has always been one of NIST's top priorities. Innovation and manufacturing work hand in hand. An innovation ecosystem has many interrelated elements—entrepreneurs, skilled workers, tax policies, to name a few. But without manufacturing, the economic magic of innovation is not nearly as potent and its benefits to the nation are not nearly as great. Programs and Projects
Advanced Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials
High-accuracy linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials used for leading-edge optical technologies are measured and characterized to … more
Agility Performance of Robotic Systems
The application of robotics in manufacturing assembly is hindered by their lack of agility, their large changeover times for new tasks and new … more
In Situ Characterization of Nanoscale Gas-Solid Interactions by TEM
Observing and measuring the dynamic changes that take place at the nanometer scale during the synthesis and operation of active nanostructures is … more
Nanoparticle Tracking for Fluidic Self Assembly (Archived)
One challenge of nanomanufacturing is to establish methods to assemble solution-based nanoparticles into organized structures with nanometer … more
Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers (Archived)
One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively … more
Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control (Archived)
To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can … more Instruments
Robotics Test Facility
Located on the NIST Gaithersburg campus, the Robotics Test Facility – also known as Building 207 – is a laboratory for developing standard methods … more
Manufacturing Robotics Testbed
TThe NIST manufacturing robotics test bed consists of several labs located in three buildings on the main NIST campus. Combined, these serve as a … more
Virtual Factory Testbed
The Virtual Factory Testbed (VFT) is comprised of three physical facilities linked by a standalone network (VFNet). The three facilities are the … more
Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility
The NIST Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Research Facility includes two commercial metal-based AM systems located in two different buildings on … more
Aperture area measurement facility
NIST has established an absolute aperture area measurement facility for circular and near-circular apertures use in radiometric instruments. The … more Software
STEP File Analyzer
The STEP File Analyzer is a software tool that generates a spreadsheet from a STEP (ISO 10303 –STandard for Exchange of Product model data) file. … more
Sustainable Manufacturing Indicator Repository (SMIR)
The Sustainable Manufacturing Indicator Repository (SMIR) aims to provide a centralized access to sustainability indicators to help companies … more
Exercise Control System
The Systems Integration Division's (SID) Manufacturing & Modeling Simulation Group (MSG) worked with San Francisco Communications to support … more
STEP Class Library (SCL)
The NIST STEP Class Library (SCL) is a set of C++ class libraries which are capable of representing information conforming to the EXPRESS (ISO … more
Expect
* Download Expect source from SourceForge * Download Expect binaries from ActiveState * Expect Homepage Expect is a tool for automating … more |
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