National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO/ASTM 52904:2024. It is identical to ISO/ASTM 52904:2024. It supersedes BS EN ISO/ASTM 52904:2020, which is withdrawn.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 committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

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This publication is not intended to constitute 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 July 2024.

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 261, Additive manufacturing technologies, based on a partnership agreement between ISO and ASTM International with the aim to create a common set of ISO/ASTM standards on additive manufacturing, in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 438, Additive manufacturing, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/ASTM 52904:2019), which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

The structure of the document is modified to reflect the following workflow: Personnel – Digital data – PBF equipment – Feedstock – Qualification – Manufacturing plan;
Original Clauses 8 “Control of machine operating system software”, Clauses 9 “Auxiliary tools and contamination” and Clauses 11 “External environmental controls” have been merged to a new Clause 6 “PBF equipment requirements”;
New structure and examples for the manufacturing plan, consistent with the new workflow;
9.2 “Documentation” is added to the manufacturing plan;
Figure 1 was updated.

Introduction

Operation and production control of machines and processes for powder bed fusion (PBF) in critical applications are described in this document. Critical applications can be subject to regulation. This is one way of meeting quality requirements. The supplier/manufacturer can also ensure quality of components through validation and verification of the AM process, as per internal procedures and requirements, and inspection of the CTQs (critical to quality) of the AM components, as per customer agreement.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 12 July 2024.

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, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN ISO/ASTM 52904:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 261 "Additive manufacturing" in collaboration with 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 January 2025, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by January 2025.

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.

This document supersedes EN ISO/ASTM 52904:2020.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO/ASTM 52904:2024 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO/ASTM 52904:2024 without any modification.

1 Scope

WARNING — This document does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this document to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

This document covers the operation and production control of metal powder bed fusion (PBF) machines and processes for areas of critical applications. A critical application is assumed once failing parts-functionality leads to immediate threats.

This document is applicable for production of parts and mechanical test specimens using powder bed fusion (PBF) with both laser and electron beams.

Specifications related to specific fields of application are provided in respective standards.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Personnel requirements

5 Digital data

5.1 Digital data records

5.2 Digital data processing

6 PBF equipment requirements

6.1 General

6.2 Build consumables

6.3 Auxiliary tools and equipment

6.4 Machine operating software

6.5 Environmental controls

7 Feedstock requirements

7.1 Purchasing feedstock

7.2 Control of feedstock

8 Qualification

8.1 Design checks

8.2 Pre-build checks

8.3 Periodic preventive maintenance

8.4 Machine, process, and part qualification

8.5 Consolidated material and part

9 Manufacturing plan and documentation

9.1 Manufacturing plan

9.2 Documentation

Bibliography

ASTM ISO/ASTM52904 - 24

Additive manufacturing of metals. Process characteristics and performance. Metal powder bed fusion process to meet critical applications

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Published:

1 Mar 2024