SAE releases metal powder feedstock guidance for Additive Manufacturing
SAE International, based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA, has issued a new standard: AIR7359 – Additional Guidance for Metal Powder Feedstock for Additive Manufacturing.
This standard features a collection of comments on topics relevant to Additive Manufacturing Solutions’ powder feedstock production and procurement. This collated standard was developed to avoid the repetition of the same notes or wording in every powder feedstock specification. This method is intended to enable the relevant powder feedstock documents to refer to the unified language, making updates and standardisation more straightforward.
Examples of what is covered by the standard include:
- Characteristics not controlled in AMS-AM powder feedstock specifications
- Rationale for exclusion (e.g., limitation of applicability or maturity of standardised inspection techniques)
- Additional context on the reason for structuring requirements in AMS documents one way instead of alternative options
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The standard is available to purchase here.
