First European standards in Additive Manufacture

The project Sasam has evolved notably and, in consequence, the first standards in additive manufacture (AM), that head to crucial areas such like terminology, material and processes and methodologies of essay, are being developed by groups of work devoted (WG) with the strong support of the consortium of the project. This went properly showed in the meeting of the 5ª general assembly of the Sasam, the past 6 November in the installations of the TNO in Eindhoven (Holland).

‘Sasam', acronym of ‘Action of Support for the normalisation in AM', is a project CSA of the 7º program mark, has the aim to reach the needs and requests of the main parts interested in AM and use them to develop the corresponding leaf of route for the generation of standards in AM. This leaf of route will use like compendio of the structure of the standards in AM and has constituted the base of game to establish the key commonplaces of each WG.

Klas Boivie, senior researcher in the department of production and engineering of quality of Sintef Raufoss Manufacturing ACE, explains that “the leaf of route identifies the necessary key elements to allow to the industry manufacturera apply fully the standards and, in this way, transform the AM in an attractor trucks technology and accepted in the system of industrial manufacture” and establishes that “even the small details can have an impact and, finally affect the way in that the AM will contribute to the development of the European industry in the next years”.

The importance of these standards also is supported by the Strategic Diary of Investigation (SRA), developed in the frame of the Platform of AM, whose 13ª meeting took place on 7 November 2013. In addition to the presentation of the SRA, and an update of the progress of the activities of present and future normalisation, this meeting included presentations stood out such as the one who realizar the representative of the European Commission, the Mr. Germán Esteban Muniz, on as the technology of AM will tackle in the immediate program of investigation H2020. In forecast of the announcements of coming proposals, several ideas for new projects were presented and the delegates were invited to collaborate for the construction of consortiums of projects.

The SRA, whose download can realizar so much in the web page of the Sasam as of the AM-Platform, establishes the priorities of investigation in AM so much regarding technical developments as to the big European challenges in AM.