NISTIR 6888
Technology Adoption Indicators Applied to the ATP Flow-Control Machining Project

Acknowledgements

Thanks are due to Larry Rhodes, Ralph Resnick, Hillary Gilmore, and Dan Maas of Extrude Hone Corporation, who described engine design and the new manufacturing and finishing processes being developed by the ATP-funded project.  We also want to thank Extrude Hone Corporation for providing the cover image of a processed cylinder head combustion chamber.

Thanks are also given to Harold Marshall, Jeanne Powell, Stephanie Shipp, Prasad Gupte, Jean‑Louis Staudenmann, Chuck Bartholomew, and Elissa Sobolewski for their comments and suggestions. Thanks to Wally Jones for data organization and graphing. Finally, special thanks are given to Stephen Weber for the numerous discussions upon which this analysis was based and the excellent editorial advice and support which brought the report to its final form.

Disclaimer:  Certain trade names or company products are mentioned in the text to specify adequately the experimental procedure and equipment used. In no case does such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor does it imply that the equipment is the best available for the purpose.

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Date created: June 11, 2003
Last updated: August 3, 2005

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