Beefing Up New Manufacturing Techniques
Although Benzing is not the first person to generate EBSD maps—he said that it’s a well-established microscopy technique used at most universities and labs around the world—what’s unique about his research is how he’s using the data from the maps. Benzing generates maps at different length scales for a variety of parts produced with different manufacturing conditions and measures the mechanical properties of those parts with NIST’s unique set of mechanical testing equipment.
He said that the data he generates can be used to accelerate the timeline for qualification and certification of parts produced with new manufacturing processes that are still considered uncertain and unreliable. This, in turn, decreases the time it takes to ensure reliability in a new manufacturing process.
