DEF STAN standards are released by the U.K. Defence Standardization Program, part of the U.K. Department of Defence. The DEF STAN 03 series has been an important documentation series for military/defense manufacturing companies. However, like many of the U.S. Defense documentation, now they are being migrated over to the oversight of the aerospace organization, SAE International. The new AMS editions replace the Def Stan publications and have been issued under the Open Government Licensing Agreement.
Here’s a list of the items that were released last week. Each is linked to the Document Center order page — the documents are copyright and must be purchased from an authorized dealer like Document Center:
- AMS-03-1, “Impregnation of Porous Castings and Sintered Metal Components”
- AMS-03-2, “Cleaning and Preparation of Metal Surfaces”
- AMS-03-3, “Protection of Aluminum Alloys by Sprayed Metal Coatings”
- AMS-03-4, “The Pre-Treatment and Protection of Steel Items of Specified Maximum Tensile Strength Exceeding 1450 MPa”
- AMS-03-9, “Electro-Deposition of Silver”
- AMS-03-11, “Phosphate Treatment of Iron and Steel”
- AMS-03-14, “Electrodeposition of Chromium for Engineering Purposes”
- AMS-03-17, “Electro-Deposition of Gold”
- AMS-03-18, “Chromate Conversion Coatings (Chromate Filming Treatments) Grades: Standard and Brushing for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys”
You’ll be able to order the documents in either paper or pdf format.
It is expected that all of the Def Stan 03 series will migrate to SAE International for care-taking. You’ll need to purchase copies of the new AMS editions in order to be compliant with the current edition of each.
If you have questions about these standards, or want to use a source for standards that keeps you informed about replacement documents like these, you’ll want to make Document Center Inc. your standards experts. We have been working with standards since 1982. We have been supporting government procurement since our inception. Our staff can be reached by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com). We are here to help you maintain your compliance information and use it more effectively.