ASTM's Additive Manufacturing Technology standards are intended to promote knowledge of the industry, help stimulate research and encourage the implementation of technology. The standards define terminology, measure the performance of different production processes, ensure the quality of the end products, and specify procedures for the calibration of additive manufacturing machines.

Additive Manufacturing Standards

ASTM's Additive Manufacturing Technology standards are intended to promote knowledge of the industry, help stimulate research and encourage the implementation of technology. The standards define terminology, measure the performance of different production processes, ensure the quality of the end products, and specify procedures for the calibration of additive manufacturing machines.

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Applications

ISO/ASTM52942-20 Additive manufacturing — Qualification principles — Qualifying machine operators of laser metal powder bed fusion machines and equipment used in aerospace applications

ISO/ASTM52941-20 Additive manufacturing — System performance and reliability — Acceptance tests for laser metal powder-bed fusion machines for metallic materials for aerospace application

F3456-22 Standard Guide for Powder Reuse Schema in Powder Bed Fusion Processes for Medical Applications for Additive Manufacturing Feedstock Materials

F3572-22 Standard Practice for Additive Manufacturing – General Principles – Part Classifications for Additive Manufactured Parts Used in Aviation

F3554-22 Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Grade 4340 (UNS G43400) via Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion for Transportation Applications

F3635-23 Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Standard Specification for Niobium-Hafnium Alloy UNS R04295 via Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion for Spaceflight Applications

ISO/ASTM52939-23 Additive manufacturing for construction — Qualification principles — Structural and infrastructure elements

F3604-23 Standard Practice for Validating the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Production Process for Medical Devices Produced Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion

F3674-24 Standard Practice for Additive Manufacturing – Part Grades for Automotive

ISO/ASTM52926-1-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 1: General qualification of operators

ISO/ASTM52926-4-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 4: Qualification of operators for DED-LB

ISO/ASTM52926-3-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 3: Qualification of operators for PBF-EB

ISO/ASTM52926-2-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Part 2: Qualification of operators for PBF-LB

ISO/ASTM52943-2-24 Additive manufacturing for aerospace — Process characteristics and performance — Part 2: Directed energy deposition using wire and arc

Design

ISO/ASTM52911-1-19 Additive manufacturing — Design — Part 1: Laser-based powder bed fusion of metals

F2915-12 Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing File Format (AMF) Version 1.1 (Withdrawn 2013)

ISO/ASTM52950-21 Additive manufacturing — General principles — Overview of data processing

ISO/ASTM52915-20 Specification for additive manufacturing file format (AMF) Version 1.2

ISO/ASTM52910-18 Additive manufacturing — Design — Requirements, guidelines and recommendations

F3413-19e1 Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Design — Directed Energy Deposition

F3530-22 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Design — Post-Processing for Metal PBF-LB

F3529-21 Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Design — Material Extrusion of Polymers

ISO/ASTM52911-2-19 Additive manufacturing — Design — Part 2: Laser-based powder bed fusion of polymers

ISO/ASTM52911-3-23 Additive manufacturing — Design — Part 3: PBF-EB of metallic materials

F3488-22 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Design — Decision Support

Materials and Processes

ISO/ASTM52901-16 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing – General Principles – Requirements for Purchased AM Parts

ISO/ASTM52903-2-20 Additive manufacturing — Material extrusion-based additive manufacturing of plastic materials — Part 2: Process equipment

F3302-18 Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Standard Specification for Titanium Alloys via Powder Bed Fusion

F3213-17 Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Standard Specification for Cobalt-28 Chromium-6 Molybdenum via Powder Bed Fusion

F3301-18a Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Post Processing Methods – Standard Specification for Thermal Post-Processing Metal Parts Made Via Powder Bed Fusion

F3318-18 Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Specification for AlSi10Mg with Powder Bed Fusion – Laser Beam

F2924-14(2021) Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium with Powder Bed Fusion

F3001-14(2021) Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) with Powder Bed Fusion

F3049-14(2021) Standard Guide for Characterizing Properties of Metal Powders Used for Additive Manufacturing Processes

F3091/F3091M-14(2021) Standard Specification for Powder Bed Fusion of Plastic Materials

F3056-14(2021) Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Nickel Alloy (UNS N06625) with Powder Bed Fusion

F3055-14a(2021) Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Nickel Alloy (UNS N07718) with Powder Bed Fusion

ISO/ASTM52930-21 Additive manufacturing — Qualification principles — Installation, operation and performance (IQ/OQ/PQ) of PBF-LB equipment

ISO/ASTM52903-1-20 Additive manufacturing — Material extrusion-based additive manufacturing of plastic materials — Part 1: Feedstock materials

ISO/ASTM52925-22 Additive manufacturing of polymers — Feedstock materials — Qualification of materials for laser-based powder bed fusion of parts

ISO/ASTM52920-23 Additive manufacturing — Qualification principles — Requirements for industrial additive manufacturing processes and production sites

F3592-23 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing of Metals – Powder Bed Fusion – Guidelines for Feedstock Re-use and Sampling Strategies

F3607-22 Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Maraging Steel via Powder Bed Fusion

ISO/ASTM52935-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Qualification principles — Qualification of coordination personnel

F3184-16(2023) Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Stainless Steel Alloy (UNS S31603) with Powder Bed Fusion

F3187-16(2023) Standard Guide for Directed Energy Deposition of Metals

ISO/ASTM52945-23 Additive manufacturing for automotive — Qualification principles — Generic machine evaluation and specification of key performance indicators for PBF-LB/M processes

ISO/ASTM52908-23 Additive manufacturing of metals — Finished part properties — Post-processing, inspection and testing of parts produced by powder bed fusion

ISO/ASTM52904-24 Additive manufacturing of metals — Process characteristics and performance — Metal powder bed fusion process to meet critical applications

Terminology

F2792-12a Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing Technologies, (Withdrawn 2015)

ISO/ASTM52900-21 Additive manufacturing — General principles — Fundamentals and vocabulary

Test Methods

ISO/ASTM52907-19 Additive manufacturing — Feedstock materials — Methods to characterize metallic powders

F2971-13(2021) Standard Practice for Reporting Data for Test Specimens Prepared by Additive Manufacturing

ISO/ASTM52921-13(2019) Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing—Coordinate Systems and Test Methodologies

F2921-11e3 Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing—Coordinate Systems and Test Methodologies (Withdrawn 2013)

F3571-22 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing – Feedstock – Particle Shape Image Analysis by Optical Photography to Identify and Quantify the Agglomerates/Satellites in Metal Powder Feedstock

F3606-22 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Feedstock Materials — Testing Moisture Content in Powder Feedstock

F3522-22 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing of Metals — Feedstock Materials — Assessment of Powder Spreadability

F3624-23 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing of Metals – Powder Bed Fusion – Measurement and Characterization of Surface Texture

F3626-23 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing — Test Artifacts — Accelerated Build Quality Assurance for Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB)

ISO/ASTMTR52917-EB Additive Manufacturing — Round Robin Testing — General Guidelines

F3489-23 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing of Polymers — Material Extrusion — Recommendation for Material Handling and Evaluation of Static Mechanical Properties

F3637-23 Standard Guide for Additive Manufacturing of Metal — Finished Part Properties — Methods for Relative Density Measurement

F3615-23 Standard Practice for Additive Manufacturing — Powder Bed Fusion — Condition-Defined Maintenance for Optical Systems

ISO/ASTM52902-23 Additive manufacturing — Test artefacts — Geometric capability assessment of additive manufacturing systems

ISO/ASTMTR52905-EB Additive Manufacturing of Metals — Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation — Defect Detection in Parts

ISO/ASTM52927-24 Additive manufacturing — General principles — Main characteristics and corresponding test methods

ISO/ASTMTR52952-EB Additive Manufacturing of Metals — Feedstock Materials — Correlating of Rotating Drum Measurement with Powder Spreadability in PBF-LB Machines