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AMS 2750, Nadcap, and the software in between
What the standard actually requires of a system, what an auditor walks through, and why heat treat breaks an ERP that was designed for machining. Written by people who build this for a shop that gets audited.
SAT and TUS: what each one proves, and why one does not cover the other
A system accuracy test and a temperature uniformity survey answer different questions. Passing both is not redundancy — and a furnace can be current on one while the other is what stops your load.
What a Nadcap heat-treat audit actually walks through
An auditor does not read your dashboard. They pick a job and follow it backwards to the thermocouple. Here is the path they take, and the point at which most shops start reaching for a spreadsheet.
What AMS 2750 actually requires of your software
The standard governs furnaces and instruments, not applications — but four of its requirements decide whether a system can support compliance or quietly undermines it. A practical guide to evaluating heat-treat software against the spec.
Why heat treat breaks a generic ERP
Every ERP models an order moving through operations. Heat treat runs charges, and a charge is assembled across customers. That single mismatch is why the real schedule ends up on a whiteboard.
If you run Visual Shop or Bluestreak, you now have a deadline
Steelhead has acquired both and published the date each will be retired. What that means for your pyrometry records, and the questions worth asking while you still have leverage.