Designation:F2792−12aStandardTerminologyforAdditiveManufacturingTechnologies1,2ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2792;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologyincludesterms,definitionsofterms,descriptionsofterms,nomenclature,andacronymsassociatedwithadditive-manufacturing(AM)technologiesinanefforttostandardizeterminologyusedbyAMusers,producers,re-searchers,educators,press/mediaandothers.NOTE1—Thesubcommitteeresponsibleforthisstandardwillreviewdefinitionsonathree-yearbasistodetermineifthedefinitionisstillaccurateasstated.Revisionswillbemadewhendeterminedtobenecessary.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ISOStandard:3ISO10303-1:1994Industrialautomationsystemsandinte-gration--Productdatarepresentationandexchange--Part1:Overviewandfundamentalprinciples3.SignificanceandUse3.1Thedefinitionsofthetermspresentedinthisstandardwerecreatedbythissubcommittee.ThisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddresssafetyconcernsassociatedwiththeuseofAMtechnologies.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouseofadditivemanufacturing.4.AdditiveManufacturingProcessCategories4.1ThefollowingtermsprovideastructureforgroupingcurrentandfutureAMmachinetechnologies.Thesetermsareusefulforeducationalandstandards-developmentpurposesandareintendedtoclarifywhichmachinetypesshareprocess-ingsimilarities.Formanyyears,theadditivemanufacturingindustrylackedcategoriesforgroupingAMtechnologies,whichmadeitchallengingeducationallyandwhencommuni-catinginformationinbothtechnicalandnon-technicalsettings.Theseprocesscategoriesenableonetodiscussacategoryofmachines,ratherthanneedingtoexplainanextensivelistofcommercialvariationsofaprocessmethodology.binderjetting,n—anadditivemanufacturi...
