Aerospace Heat Treating Standard Recognized By US FDA, Giving Nudge To MedAccred Supplier-Control Program
• By Shawn M. Schmitt
The agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health has formally recognized pyrometry standard AMS 2750 for heat treating. Originally drafted by SAE International in 1980 for the aerospace industry, the standard is the foundation of heat treating audit criteria for the burgeoning medical device supply-chain oversight program MedAccred.
A pyrometry standard originally developed for the aerospace industry has been formally recognized by US FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
Drafted by SAE International in 1980 – and revised four times since – AMS 2750 covers pyrometric requirements...
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