ASTM’s AM CoE announces Additive Manufacturing Certification Committee

July 26, 2024

ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has launched its AM CoE Additive Manufacturing Certification Committee (AMCC) initiative (Courtesy ASTM International)
ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) has launched its AM CoE Additive Manufacturing Certification Committee (AMCC) initiative (Courtesy ASTM International)

ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE), based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA, has formally launched its AM CoE Additive Manufacturing Certification Committee (AMCC) initiative. The AMCC is solely composed of representatives from AM end-users.

The mission of ASTM’s AMCC is to bring key stakeholders together from across multiple industry sectors to collaborate on audit criteria to qualify Additive Manufacturing supply chains. Development will be based on published international standards and industry best practices. The committee members representing aerospace, defence, medical, and transportation worked together for nearly a year to develop audit criteria comprising standardised requirements to qualify an AM facility. The first version of the audit criteria is in its final stages of completion.

“The work of the AMCC enables a better understanding of the capabilities of Additive Manufacturing suppliers amidst the rapid growth of providers in this technology area,” said Melissa Orme, Vice President of Additive Manufacturing at The Boeing Company.

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The founding committee currently comprises twenty-three members: Ford Motor Company, Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical, Honeywell, MTU Aero Engines, BAE Systems, Bell, Leonardo, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, Safran, BD, Jabil, JRI Orthopaedics, Medtronic, Stryker, Daimler, GM, and John Deere.

“The efforts of the Additive Manufacturing Certification Committee stand to benefit our industry. The AMCC provides a great platform for end users across multiple sectors to collaboratively address common qualification challenges in additive manufacturing,” Joseph Murphy, Associate Fellow, Lockheed Martin stated.

Multi-industry participation in AMCC brings in the best practices that major industry sectors adopt for qualification and certification of the production of parts. The audit criteria created by the AMCC aims to satisfy multi-industry sector requirements, and can be used by organisations to qualify their suppliers, or their internal Additive Manufacturing facilities.

“Developing certification criteria is a detailed and resource-intensive process, but the resulting value for our organisation and the industry as a whole will be substantial,” Eddie Kavanagh, Senior Principal Engineer at Johnson & Johnson noted. “The AM CoE, along with ASTM International, has created a programme that will deliver significant benefits, and we are glad to contribute to this endeavour.”

The AMCC is responsible for developing, deploying, and maintaining the audit criteria, and managing the certification programme.

“Establishing a standardised certification for Additive Manufacturing service providers will help streamline industry efforts to develop a robust AM supply chain,” shared Paul Wolcott, Senior Engineer for Additive Manufacturing at General Motors. “We look forward to providing an automotive-industry voice as the AMCC works to develop its requirements.”

The AMCC aims to continue advancing comprehensive check lists for Additive Manufacturing, uniting industry leaders in a concerted effort to evolve the field and ensuing robust and reliable supply chains.

The ASTM AM CoE offers certification programmes that complement the AMCC by covering the entire Additive Manufacturing value chain, providing a comprehensive certification framework. The existing certification programmes include the Additive Manufacturing Quality Certification (AMQC) for process quality assurance, Additive Manufacturing Operator Certification (AMOC) for qualified operators of metal Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) machines, and Additive Manufacturing Facility Safety Certification (AMFSC) for ensuring a safe and compliant facility.

www.amcoe.org/amcc

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