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ASTM ISO/ASTM52938-1 : 25

Additive manufacturing of metals — Environment, health and safety — Part 1: Safety requirements for PBF-LB machines

Standard Details

1.1 This document deals with the technical requirements and the means for their verification for additive manufacturing (AM) machines using a bed of metallic powder, pyrophoric feedstock excluded, and a laser herein designated as machine.

1.2 This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events during all phases of the life of the machine (ISO 12100:2010, 5.4), as listed in Annex A, caused by AM machines using a bed of metallic powder and a laser when used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

1.3 This document does not deal with hazards which can occur:

— during the design and construction phase of the laser beam powder ped fusion (PBF-LB) machine itself;

— operating in potentially explosive atmospheres.

1.4 This document does not apply to technologies other than AM metals PBF-LB.

1.5 This document is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication.

1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

Status : ACTIVE
Standard Type: Main
Document No: ASTM ISO/ASTM52938-1 : 25
Document Year: 2025
Pages: 17
  • Section Volume:
  • 10.04 Volume 10.04 Electronics; Declarable Substances in Materials; 3D Imaging Systems; Additive Manufacturing Technologies

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