- Standards Progress: Additive and Advanced Manufacturing 2026
- Chapter 6 · Readings
Readings from the other desks
Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.
6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
The instruments that shape the systems of Additive and Advanced Manufacturing, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.
| Instrument | Body | Scope | Status | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO/ASTM 52900 terminology [38] | ISO and ASTM | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | terms and definitions |
| ISO/ASTM 52911-1 and 52911-2 [11] | ISO and ASTM | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | design for laser powder bed fusion |
| ISO/ASTM 52922 [11] | ISO and ASTM | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | design for directed energy deposition |
| Work item on feedstock re-use in metal powder bed fusion [11] | ASTM F42 | global | DRAFT | powder re-use and sampling |
| ASTM F42 and ISO/TC 261 committees [11] | ASTM and ISO | global | COMMITTEE ACTIVE | standards programme |
| NIST AMS 100-60 reference model [13] | NIST | US | PUBLISHED 2024 | activity and data model |
| FDA technical considerations guidance [27] | FDA | US | PUBLISHED 2017 | medical devices |
| DoD Instruction 5000.93 [29] | DoD | US defence | IN FORCE | additive manufacturing policy |
| BIS interim final rule, ECCN 2B910 [22] [28] | BIS | US | IN FORCE | export control on metal machines |
| ISO/ASTM 52920 [39] | ISO and ASTM | global | PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY | part acceptance of production sites |
6.2Readings from the other desks
Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.
| Desk | Edition | State | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standards Progress | Standards Progress: Additive and Advanced Manufacturing 2026 | In preparation | NR-NXS-XT-13-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
| GCRI Systems Evidence | Systems Evidence: Additive and Advanced Manufacturing 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NR-XTECH-MANUFACTURING-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 |
| GRF Public Deliberation | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| Academy Capability | Capability: Additive and Advanced Manufacturing 2026 | In preparation | NR-RA-XT-13-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
| Index Measurement | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
6.3Contribute to this chapter
The state of the Nexus Standards parts and of the external standards they adopt: adoption, conformance attested by those who apply them, crosswalks, and domain and industry profiles. The parts are preparatory working drafts (2026); conformance is attestation, not certification. Material for this chapter goes to the Standards Progress desk; what belongs to another desk is forwarded, not refused.
Nexus Standards reads an edition for standards progress: what was adopted, what conformed, what crosswalks exist and what is still a gap.
If you adopted or assessed a standard, send the clause, the version and the evidence. The desk will map it to the profile it belongs in.