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
Developing a Detailed Analysis of the Transportation Equipment Project
Due to complexity and the changing nature of industry activity, there is a limited understanding of the supply chain for manufacturing and, … more
Commissioning Building Systems for Improved Energy Performance Project
Building systems commissioning processes applied at the design phase and throughout the building life cycle have been shown to effectively improve … more
Smart Manufacturing Systems Design and Analysis
Deliver measurement science, standards and protocols, and tools needed to design and analyze SMS based on a cyber-physical infrastructure for … more
Smart Manufacturing Architecture and Solution Stack Project
Cloud computing, coupled with on-premise solutions, will revolutionize manufacturing by enabling an eco-system of composable … more
Modeling Methodology for Smart Manufacturing Systems
To cope with changing conditions and benefit from opportunities, manufacturers require knowledge of what changes to their manufacturing system are … more
Performance Assurance for Smart Manufacturing Systems
Smart Manufacturing Systems are characterized by the ability to quickly measure and collect a wide variety and volume of data from manufacturing … 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
Baseline Tailor
Baseline Tailor is a software tool for using the United States government’s Cybersecurity Framework and for tailoring the NIST Special Publication … more
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 |
Selected Publications
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