Abstract Scope |
Driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), America Makes is a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. Since its inception, America Makes has leveraged a national collaborative ecosystem to advance the readiness level of AM technologies and invigorate the knowledge base, skills, and training available for the domestic AM supply chain. Our strategy is the product of collaboration with our membership, which is comprised of representation from all tiers of the domestic AM supply chain. America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) lead a partnership known as the AM Standardization Collaborative (AMSC) to coordinate and accelerate the development of industry-wide additive manufacturing (AM) standards and specifications. An introduction to America Makes, the AMSC, and a perspective outlining needs for research and standards for the industrialization of AM technologies will be presented. |