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Standardization in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) concerning their processes, terms and definitions, process chains (Hard- and Software), test procedures, quality parameters, supply agreements and all kind of fundamentals.

3D printing.
ISO/TC 261

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 6 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
6
Clean Water and Sanitation
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
14
Life Below Water
15
Life on Land
16

published ISO standards *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 261

31

ISO standards under development *

under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 261

25

Participating members

8

Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 261/AHG 5 Content for ISO/TC 261 homepage Working group
ISO/TC 261/AHG 6 Coordination of work between ISO/TC 261 and ISO/TC 184/SC 1 and ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Working group
ISO/TC 261/CAG Chairman's advisory group Working group
ISO/TC 261/JAG ISO/TC 261 - ASTM F42 Steering group on JG activities Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 51 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Terminology Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 52 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Standard test artifacts Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 54 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Fundamentals of Design Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 55 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Standard Specification for Extrusion Based Additive Manufacturing of Plastic Materials Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 56 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Standard Practice for Metal Powder Bed Fusion to Meet Rigid Quality Requirements Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 57 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Process-specific design guidelines and standards Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 58 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Qualification, quality assurance and post processing of powder bed fusion metallic parts Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 59 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: NDT for AM parts Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 60 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Additive manufacturing — Non-destructive testing and evaluation — Standard guideline for intentionally seeding flaws in parts Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 61 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Guide for anisotropy effects in mechanical properties of AM part Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 62 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Guide for conducting round robin studies for additive manufacturing Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 63 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Test methods for characterization of powder flow properties for AM applications Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 64 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Additive Manufacturing File Format (AMF) Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 66 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Technical specification on metal powders Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 67 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Technical report for the design of functionally graded additive manufactured parts Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 68 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: EH&S for 3D printers Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 69 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: EH&S for use of metallic materials Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 70 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Optimized medical image data Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 71 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Powder quality assurance Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 72 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Machine - Production process qualification Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 73 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Digital product definition and data management Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 74 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Personnel qualifications Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 75 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Industrial conformity assessment at additive manufacturing centres Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 76 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group : Revision of ISO 17296-3 & ASTM F3122-14 Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 77 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group :Test method of sand mold for metalcasting Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 78 Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Safety regarding AM-machines (relating to harmonized European Standards, Type C-Standard) Working group
ISO/TC 261/JG 79 Joint ISO/TC 261- ASTM F 42 Group: Qualification for AM processes in automotive applications Working group
ISO/TC 261/JWG 10 Joint ISO/TC 261 - ISO/TC 44/SC 14 WG: Additive manufacturing in aerospace applications Working group
ISO/TC 261/JWG 11 Joint ISO/TC 261 - ISO/TC 61/SC 9 WG: Additive manufacturing for plastics Working group
ISO/TC 261/WG 1 Terminology Working group
ISO/TC 261/WG 2 Processes, systems and materials Working group
ISO/TC 261/WG 3 Test methods and quality specifications Working group
ISO/TC 261/WG 4 Data and Design Working group
ISO/TC 261/WG 6 Environment, health and safety Working group

 

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee

Reference Title
ISO/TC 150/JWG 1 Joint ISO/TC 150 - ISO/TC 261 WG: Additive manufacturing in surgical implant applications

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 261

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 261:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 76 Optical radiation safety and laser equipment IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 Internet of Things and related technologies ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 20 Aircraft and space vehicles ISO
ISO/TC 24/SC 4 Particle characterization ISO
ISO/TC 39 Machine tools ISO
ISO/TC 44 Welding and allied processes ISO
ISO/TC 44/SC 14 Welding and brazing in aerospace ISO
ISO/TC 61/SC 9 Thermoplastic materials ISO
ISO/TC 106/SC 9 Dental CAD/CAM systems ISO
ISO/TC 119 Powder metallurgy ISO
ISO/TC 150 Implants for surgery ISO
ISO/TC 150/SC 1 Materials ISO
ISO/TC 156 Corrosion of metals and alloys ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 1 Physical device control ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data ISO
ISO/TC 213 Dimensional and geometrical product specifications and verification ISO
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 261

ISO/TC 261 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 76 Optical radiation safety and laser equipment IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 24/SC 4 Particle characterization ISO
ISO/TC 44/SC 5 Testing and inspection of welds ISO
ISO/TC 44/SC 14 Welding and brazing in aerospace ISO
ISO/TC 61 Plastics ISO
ISO/TC 61/SC 9 Thermoplastic materials ISO
ISO/TC 61/SC 14 Environmental aspects ISO
ISO/TC 106/SC 9 Dental CAD/CAM systems ISO
ISO/TC 119 Powder metallurgy ISO
ISO/TC 135 Non-destructive testing ISO
ISO/TC 150 Implants for surgery ISO
ISO/TC 150/SC 1 Materials ISO
ISO/TC 156 Corrosion of metals and alloys ISO
ISO/TC 184 Automation systems and integration ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 1 Physical device control ISO
ISO/TC 184/SC 4 Industrial data ISO
ISO/TC 213 Dimensional and geometrical product specifications and verification ISO
ISO/TC 244 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment ISO
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
ASTM ASTM International A
CECIMO European Association of the Machine Tool Industries A
EPMA European Powder Metallurgy Association A
EWF European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting A
SBS - Small Business Standards Small Business Standards A

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
  April 2021 United States ISO/TC 261 **
  September 2021 Korea, Republic of ISO/TC 261 **
  April 2022 United States ISO/TC 261 **
  September 2022 United Kingdom ISO/TC 261 **
  April 2023 United States ISO/TC 261 **
  September 2023 ISO/TC 261 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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