SMS TEST BED

The goal of the SMS Test Bed is to extend existing production-focused concepts by designing and architecting a test bed that enables smart manufacturing research and development across the product lifecycle. This process should highlight the challenges and requirements for introducing cyber-physical infrastructure in manufacturing, as well as create opportunities to provide a tangible source of data that other researchers may use to develop and validate smart manufacturing technologies. It also requires the integration of systems from each product lifecycle stage so that information may flow between design, fabrication, and inspection. This enables the development of technologies and standards that create a "digital thread" to exchange information, including product design and quality and equipment performance and health, across the product lifecycle. These efforts complement existing research and development aimed at reducing cycle time, ensuring first-pass success, and improving the..

Also known as: SMS Testbed Group

Primary location: Gaithersburg United States