ASTM adds metal 3-D printing standards

ASTM Intl., West Conshohocken, Pa., has announced it soon will publish standard F3303 regarding metal additive manufacturing. The standard addresses ways to qualify machines and processes that help build parts using laser or electron beam powder bed fusion, and it outlines the related steps needed to configure and control digital data.

Another new standard, soon to be published as F3318, has been developed to support the 3-D printing of aluminum alloy parts on laser powder bed fusion machines.