ISO 17296-2:2015描述了添加剂制造（AM）的工艺基础。它还概述了现有的工艺类别，由于新技术的发展，这些类别不是也不可能详尽无遗。ISO 17296-2:2015解释了不同工艺类别如何利用不同类型的材料来塑造产品的几何形状。它还描述了不同工艺类别中使用的材料类型。原料材料的规格以及不同工艺和原料材料组合生产的零件的要求将在后续的单独标准中给出，因此ISO 17296未涵盖- 2:2015. ISO 17296-2:2015描述了这些后续标准的过度原则。

ISO 17296-2:2015 describes the process fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing (AM). It also gives an overview of existing process categories, which are not and cannot be exhaustive due to the development of new technologies. ISO 17296-2:2015 explains how different process categories make use of different types of materials to shape a product's geometry. It also describes which type of material is used in different process categories. Specification of feedstock material and requirements for the parts produced by combinations of different processes and feedstock material will be given in subsequent separate standards and are therefore not covered by ISO 17296-2:2015. ISO 17296-2:2015 describes the overreaching principles of these subsequent standards.