The spring joint meeting of the ASTM International Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and the ISO TC261 Committee on Additive Manufacturing (AM) took place recently. It was held in Golden, Colorado at the Colorado School of Mines from March 28 to April 1, 2022. The meeting was held in hybrid format with both in-person and virtual options. About 100 people attended in-person and an estimated 200 virtually.
Many of those present spoke favorably of the in-person format after two years of virtual meetings. In the first few years following the founding of ASTM F42 in 2009, the focus of the joint meetings was meeting in person to discuss, draft, and proposed new AM standards. Today, the meetings consist largely of reporting of standards development between meetings. This reflects greater involvment and the large number of working groups engaged in the process. On the first day, the ASTM International AM Center of Excellence held a Snapshot Workshop on post-processing, inspection, and qualification.
Meetings throughout the week included 18 ASTM sessions, four ISO sessions, and 15 joint ISO/ASTM sessions. Topics included applications, design, materials, processes, terminology, test methods, and environmental health and safety. Progress reports were the main purpose of the sessions. A total of 69 ASTM standards are in process and working their way toward balloting for the voting membership. An additional 13 standards are being developed by ASTM/ISO joint groups. The next joint meeting will be held September 18-23, 2022 in Augsburg, Germany.
