本标准规定了制造工艺、生产、标记和认证的要求，当适用的API设备标准引用或以其他方式规定为合规要求时，石油和天然气行业中使用的添加制造的聚合物基部件的文件。它适用于通过材料挤压生产的添加制造聚合物基部件（包括复合材料）[也称为熔丝制造（FFF）或熔融沉积建模（FDM）和熔融颗粒制造（FGF）]和粉末床融合[也称为选择性激光烧结（SLS）或多射流融合（MJF）]。增材制造为天然气和石油行业提供了显著的效率和生产率提高，缩短了交付周期和供应链压力，简化了运输和物流，并且可以减少排放，因为添加剂制造发生在使用点附近。

This standard specifies requirements for qualification of the manufacturing process, production, marking, and documentation of additively manufactured polymer-based components used in the petroleum and natural gas industries when referenced by an applicable API equipment standard or otherwise specified as a requirement for conformance.It applies to additively manufactured polymer-based components (including composites) produced by material extrusion [also referred to as fused filament fabrication (FFF) or fused deposition modeling (FDM) and fused granulate fabrication (FGF)] and powder bed fusion [also referred to as selective laser sintering (SLS) or multi jet fusion (MJF)].Additive manufacturing provides the natural gas and oil industry significant efficiency and productivity improvements, cuts lead times and supply chain stress, streamlines transportation and logistics, and can reduce emissions because additive manufacturing takes place near the point of use.