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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Greetings,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The PWG would be grateful to those interested in IPP and IPP 3D that have the time and interest to attend America Makes Phase 2 and contribute their learnings to the PWG. The relevant introduction / links / forms are attached below.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">James McCabe <<a href="mailto:jmccabe@ANSI.ORG" class="">jmccabe@ANSI.ORG</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">America Makes and ANSI Hold Phase 2 Kick-off Meeting for Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 25, 2017 at 2:29:28 PM MDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:AMSC-INFO@MAILLIST.ANSI.ORG" class="">AMSC-INFO@MAILLIST.ANSI.ORG</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">James McCabe <<a href="mailto:jmccabe@ANSI.ORG" class="">jmccabe@ANSI.ORG</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;">Dear AMSC members,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;">Further the recent phase 2 kick-off meeting, please see the below announcement that went out earlier today. New participants to the AMSC are invited to review the attached materials and fill out and return the attached sign-up sheet to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="mailto:amsc@ansi.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">amsc@ansi.org</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Those continuing participants from the first phase of work are also invited to review the attached materials, re-confirm the WGs they wish to participate in, and indicate their sector by filling out and returning the sign-up sheet to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:amsc@ansi.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">amsc@ansi.org</a>. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><u class="">Please do not reply directly to this email</u></b>. Thanks.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;">Jim McCabe, ANSI<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">America Makes and ANSI Hold Phase 2 Kick-off Meeting for Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative<o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class="">Subject-Matter Experts Invited to Sign Up for Working Groups<o:p class=""></o:p></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">New York, September 25, 2017</b>: On September 7,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://americamakes.us/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">America Makes</a><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">and</span></strong><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong>the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ansi.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">American National Standards Institute</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ANSI) held a kick-off meeting in Philadelphia to launch phase 2 of the<a href="http://www.ansi.org/amsc" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(AMSC). The meeting drew 86 attendees with another 56 participating remotely. As the group is working to expand its reach, the agenda included breakout discussions with stakeholders from the following industry-sectors: aerospace/defense, medical, ground vehicle/heavy equipment, energy, and industrial & commercial machinery.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The AMSC is planning to issue by June 2018 an update to its<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/amsc/amsc-roadmap?menuid=3" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing</i></b></a>, which describes published and in-development standards and specifications for additive manufacturing and makes consensus-based recommendations to address perceived gaps in standardization. To do so, the AMSC will retain its existing working groups evaluating the need for standards across the life cycle of an additively manufactured part. These working groups cover horizontal topics that are applicable to all industry sectors in the areas of design, precursor materials, process control, post-processing, finished material properties, qualification and certification, nondestructive evaluation, and maintenance. The updated document will include progress reports on gaps previously described along with any new gaps that are identified.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">A significant addition to enhancing the roadmap’s value will be the establishment of a new polymers working group, which will endeavor to augment the roadmap’s predominant focus on metals by considering standardization needs related to polymers for all horizontal topics across the working groups.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Subject-matter experts interested in participating in one or more of the working groups are invited to review the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://share.ansi.org/Shared%20Documents/Standards%20Activities/AMSC/AMSC_Phase2_WG_Architecture.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class="">working group architecture</b></a>, and return the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://share.ansi.org/Shared%20Documents/Standards%20Activities/AMSC/AMSC_Phase2_WG_Sign-Up_Sheet.pdf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class="">sign-up sheet</b></a>. It is envisioned that initially the working groups will hold virtual (online) meetings every two weeks. First meetings will take place in October.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(45, 46, 48);" class="">Participation in the AMSC is open to additive manufacturing stakeholders that have operations in the United States<i class="">.</i></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Jim Williams, president, All Points Additive, and chair of the AMSC, said: “We were pleased with the enthusiastic participation at the recent meeting in Philadelphia and we look forward to continuing that momentum by bringing new perspectives and expertise into the mix as we work to enhance the document’s value.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Further details are available on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ansi.org/amsc" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">AMSC website</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">About America Makes</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">America Makes is the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. As the national accelerator for additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing (3DP), America Makes is the nation’s leading and collaborative partner in AM and 3DP technology research, discovery, creation, and innovation. Structured as a public-private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources, we are working together to innovate and accelerate AM and 3DP to increase our nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, America Makes is the first institute for up to 45 manufacturing innovation institutes to follow and is driven by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). For more information about America Makes, visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://americamakes.us/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">http://americamakes.us</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">About NCDMM</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The NCDMM delivers optimized manufacturing solutions that enhance the quality, affordability, maintainability, and rapid deployment of existing and yet-to-be developed defense systems. This is accomplished through collaboration with government, industry, and academic organizations to promote the implementation of best practices to key stakeholders through the development and delivery of disciplined training, advanced technologies, and methodologies. For additional information, visit the NCDMM at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ncdmm.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ncdmm.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">About ANSI<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="" class="">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ansi.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">American National Standards Institute</a><span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ANSI) is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and the American quality of life by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding the integrity of the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Its membership is comprised of businesses, professional societies and trade associations, standards developers, government agencies, and consumer and labor organizations. The Institute represents the diverse interests of more than 125,000 companies and organizations and 3.5 million professionals worldwide. The Institute is the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). For more information, visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.ansi.org/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.ansi.org</a><span style="" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Source:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="https://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story?menuid=7&articleid=dd2f6955-b16a-4719-be24-01b1e7464ff6&source=whatsnew092517" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story?menuid=7&articleid=dd2f6955-b16a-4719-be24-01b1e7464ff6&source=whatsnew092517</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></div><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">########################################################################<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>