Currently, there’s not enough data for designers and manufacturers to accurately predict the performance of some additive-manufactured parts.
April 10, 2018
NIST’s Material Measurement Lab contributes to the measurement methods, standards, data, and models required to realize the full promise of additive manufacturing.
NIST researchers created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve as a miniature toolkit for measuring important quantities such as length with quantum precision. The design could be mass-produced with existing technology.
Dominant technologies to watch at IMTS 2018 include an increasing digital thread, robotics and automation, quality assurance and additive manufacturing.
Craig Kuchta, the new Fischer representative and technical adviser for this office, has more than 20 years of technical instrumentation sales and support of products by manufacturers such as Siemens, Honeywell and Wika.
The standard was developed by ASTM International’s subcommittee on materials and processes, part of the larger committee on additive manufacturing technologies (F42).
This wave of new hires includes another addition to the communications and brand strategy division as well as a significant expansion of the public affairs and mobilization division.