Welcome to the Advanced Manufacturing Lab

Introduction

The ADVANCED MANUFACTURING LABORATORY (AML) at Northwestern University concentrates on research and advanced development of manufacturing processes and equipment for precision manifacture, in particular by material removal. Recent research falls into four principal areas:

Cutting, drilling and Micro-Drilling processes
Machine Tool Dynamics and Accuracy
Micro/Meso-scale Manufacturing
Chatter in Rolling

AML Past and Present Sponsors:

Alcoa American Tool Companies, Inc. Chrysler Co Ekstrom & Carlson Ford General Dynamics General Electric General Motors IBM	Johnson Wax Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Naval Research Laboratory SpeedFam The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company The National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Science Foundation Tulon Co.