NEW
YORK, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- America Makes and the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) announced today the availability of a Gaps Progress
Report tracking efforts over the last nine months by
standards developing organizations (SDOs) and others to address the
gaps identified in the Standardization Roadmap for Additive
Manufacturing, Version 3.0, published by the America Makes and
ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC).
The progress report provides updates on standards, research, and
conformity assessment activities; it also captures suggested
modifications to existing gaps and notes additional gaps to be
considered for future roadmaps.
Published in July 2023, Roadmap
Version 3.0 identified 141 standardization gaps and corresponding
recommendations across the additive manufacturing (AM) lifecycle
areas of design; precursor materials; process control;
post-processing; finished material properties; qualification and
certification; nondestructive evaluation; maintenance and repair;
and data. Of the 141 gaps, 54 gaps/recommendations are identified
as high priority, 64 as medium priority, and 23 as low priority. In
91 cases, additional pre-standardization research and development
is needed.
The AMSC was launched in 2016 and serves as a cross-sector
coordinating body that works to accelerate the development of
industry-wide AM standards and specifications consistent with
stakeholder needs to facilitate AM industry growth. Approximately
300 individuals from 150 public- and private-sector organizations
supported the development of the recent roadmap, including
representatives of U.S. federal government agencies and national
laboratories, SDOs, industry, academia, and others.
The next gaps progress report is expected to be issued in the
fall. To receive future updates, offer suggested edits to the gaps
progress report, or get involved in future AMSC activities, email
amsc@ansi.org. For more information, visit www.ansi.org/amsc.
About America Makes
America Makes is the nation's leading public-private
partnership for additive manufacturing technology and education.
America Makes members from industry, academia, government,
workforce, and economic development organizations work together to
accelerate the adoption of AM and the nation's global manufacturing
competitiveness. Founded in 2012 as the Department of
Defense's manufacturing innovation institute for AM and first of
the Manufacturing USA network,
America Makes is based in Youngstown,
Ohio, and managed by the not-for-profit National Center for
Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). Visit
www.americamakes.us to learn more.
About ANSI
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a
private non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance both
the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of
life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards
and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their
integrity. Its membership is comprised of businesses, professional
societies and trade associations, standards developers, government
agencies, and consumer and labor organizations.
The Institute represents and serves the diverse interests of
more than 270,000 companies and organizations and 30 million
professionals worldwide. ANSI is the official U.S. representative
to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and,
via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC). For more information,
visit www.ansi.org.
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