AS ISO/ASTM 52920:2024 identically adopts ISO/ASTM 52920:2023, which provides requirements for part manufacturers using additive manufacturing techniques and are independent of the used material and manufacturing method It also specifies criteria for AM relevant processes as well as quality-relevant characteristics and factors along the additive system operations and defines activities and sequences within an additive manufacturing production site
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Overview of AM related processes
5 Infrastructure of the part manufacturer
5.1 Environmental, health and safety (EHS)
5.2 Waste disposal
5.3 AM system installation
5.4 Ancillary equipment
5.5 Feedstock storage
5.6 IT infrastructure
5.7 Foreign object debris (FOD)
5.8 Provision of the process resources
5.9 Manufacturing management system
5.10 Maintenance/calibration system
6 Manufacturability assessment and review
6.1 General
6.2 Design assessment and review
6.3 Manufacturing assessment and review
6.3.1 Additive manufacturing process
6.3.2 Process finalization
6.3.3 Post processing
7 Qualification of the additive system operations
7.1 General
7.2 Scope of qualification
7.3 Validation planning
7.3.1 Process mapping
7.3.2 Risk assessment
7.3.3 Master validation plan
7.4 Qualification [installation, operation, and performance (IQ/OQ/PQ)]
7.5 Manufacturing plan specification
7.6 Documentation and tracing of the process steps
7.6.1 General
7.6.2 Manufacturing plan
7.6.3 IQ documents
7.6.4 OQ/PQ documents for the complete process
7.7 Relevant process steps within the additive system operations
7.7.1 Overview of additive system operations
7.7.2 Requirements for pre-process: data preparation
7.7.2.1 Data check
7.7.2.2 Geometrical adjustments for manufacturing
7.7.2.3 Part placement
7.7.2.4 Support generation
7.7.2.5 Slice data generation
7.7.2.6 Data archiving
7.7.3 Requirements for feedstock management
7.7.3.1 Feedstock control
7.7.3.2 Storage
7.7.3.3 Preparation of feedstock (if applicable)
7.7.3.4 Transport into AM machine
7.7.3.5 Transport from AM machine (applicable for powder)
7.7.4 Requirements for pre-process: system set-up
7.7.4.1 AM machine preparation
7.7.4.2 Set-up of build cycle
7.7.5 Requirements for additive manufacturing: build cycle
7.7.5.1 AM machine operation
7.7.5.2 Build cycle monitoring
7.7.5.3 Data backup and archiving
7.7.6 Requirements for AM-process: process finalization
7.7.6.1 Conditioning within the build space
7.7.6.2 Part removal
7.7.6.3 Secondary processing
7.7.6.4 Single part handling
8 Quality assurance
8.1 General
8.2 Personnel requirements
8.3 Non-conformities
8.3.1 General
8.3.2 Acceptance criteria
8.3.3 Handling of non-conformities
8.4 Continuous improvement process
8.5 Quality controls
8.5.1 General
8.5.2 Production run approval
8.5.2.1 Build cycle inspection
8.5.2.2 Testing of co-built test artifacts
8.5.3 Part approval
8.5.3.1 Review of production run results and records
8.5.3.2 Final part inspection
Annex A
A.1 Post-processing
A.2 Testing (separate, individual, or random sample testing)
Annex B
B.1 Example of part specific qualification
B.1.1 Acceptance of the qualification part
B.1.2 Acceptance of the first production part
B.1.3 Acceptance of the final part
B.2 Notes on potential process deviations across AM technologies
