The America Makes Standards Coordinating Body (AMSC) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have announced the availability of a progress report on industry gaps in additive manufacturing (AM). The report, published in 2016, identified 141 standardization gaps and corresponding recommendations across the AM lifecycle areas of design, materials, process control, and more. Of these gaps, 54 are considered high priority, 64 medium priority, and 23 low priority. The report also notes that additional pre-standardization research and development is needed in many cases.
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. The next gaps progress report is expected to be issued in the fall.
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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 network, America Makes is based in Youngstown, Ohio, and managed by the not-for-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). Visit [website] to learn more.
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 [website]
