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Publication summary
Author(s): Charles McLean
Publication date: October 1986
Citation: Charles McLean: "The Automated Manufacturing Research Facility at NBS," Proceedings of the IFIP W.G. 5.7 Working Conference on New Technologies for Production Management Systems, October, 1986.
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- A paper copy of this document is available by contacting Kristy Thompson [web,email]
Abstract:
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The Automated Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) at the U.S.
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) is a major government laboratory
for research in computer integrated manufacturing. The AMRF is
designed to support the NBS role of leadership in standards and
measurement. This facility, located at Gaithersburg, Maryland, has
close ties with industry, university, and government engineers and
scientists. The AMRF project was initiated in 1981 to serve as a
"testbed" facility to support research in measurement techniques and
computer interface standards that are required for automated machining
in small lot sizes. A dozen different computer languages and as many
types of computer systems make up the computing environment of the
AMRF. Shop floor equipment includes storage/retrieval system. The
coordinated operation of these systems was first shown publicly in
November 1983, when more than 600 visitors viewed the AMRF in its
earliest stage of integration. Since that time, public test runs have
been scheduled twice a year.
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