National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO/ASTM 52901:2018. It is identical to ISO/ASTM 52901:2017. It supersedes BS ISO/ASTM 52901:2017, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AMT/8, Additive manufacturing.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 October 2018.

Foreword

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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).

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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 261, Additive manufacturing in cooperation with ASTM F42, Additive Manufacturing Technologies, on the basis of a partnership agreement between ISO and ASTM International with the aim to create a common set of ISO/ASTM standards on additive manufacturing.

Introduction

This document covers the definition and communication of requirements for purchased parts made by additive manufacturing. It is intended to enable efficient and unambiguous communication between the part providers and the customers of parts made by additive manufacturing to ensure that the resulting part meets the customer’s requirements. It is intended that the document is used by the part providers and/or the customers of parts made by additive manufacturing.

This document is a top-level standard in the hierarchy of additive manufacturing standards in that it is intended to apply to parts made by any additive manufacturing process and any material type. The document allows for different requirements based on the classification of the criticality and expected end use of the parts made by additive manufacturing.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 18 June 2018.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

The text of ISO/ASTM 52901:2017 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 261 "Additive manufacturing” of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO/ASTM 52901:2018 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 438 “Additive Manufacturing” the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2019, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by April 2019.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO/ASTM 52901:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO/ASTM 52901:2018 without any modification.

1 Scope

This document defines and specifies requirements for purchased parts made by additive manufacturing.

It gives guidelines for the elements to be exchanged between the customer and the part provider at the time of the order, including the customer order information, part definition data, feedstock requirements, final part characteristics and properties, inspection requirements and part acceptance methods.

It is applicable for use as a basis to obtain parts made by additive manufacturing that meet minimum acceptance requirements. More stringent part requirements can be specified through the addition of one or more supplementary requirements at the time of the order.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 General

4.2 Part ordering information

4.3 Definition of the part to be manufactured

4.4 Part characteristics, functionality and performance

4.5 Acceptance

Bibliography

BS EN ISO/ASTM 52901:2018

Additive manufacturing. General principles. Requirements for purchased AM parts

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Published:

31 Oct 2018