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Fact Sheet
SAE Technical Committee
AMS Nonmetals Group
AMS CE Chairperson:
AMS P Chairperson:
AMS CACRC Chairperson:
AMS G8 Chairperson:
AMS G9 Chairperson:
AMS J Chairperson:
AMS M Chairperson:
AMS K Chairperson:
Marc Gage, Hamilton Sundstrand
Gregg Bogucki, Boeing
Ray Kaiser, Northwest Airlines
Jerry Brown, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Diane Kleinschmidt, U.S. Navy
Mary Ann Forrest-Woodward, Boeing Co.
Alun Williams, Airbus
Bob Stevens, United Airlines
The SAE AMS Nonmetals Group is comprised of seven committees dedicated to creating and
maintaining more than 1200 AMS specifications covering nonmetals and nonmetals processes.
These include:
AMS-CE Elastomers
AMS-P Polymeric & Composites Materials
AMS-CACRC Commercial Aircraft Composite Repair
AMS-G8 Organic Coatings
AMS-G 9 Aerospace Sealing
AMS-J Aircraft Maintenance Chemicals & Materials
AMS-M Aircraft Greases
AMS-K Non-destructive Methods & Processes
Participants in the SAE AMS Nonmetals Group include OEMs, suppliers, processors, consulting firms,
government, and others across the aerospace and defense industries.
AMS Specification Creation
Identifying a need - New specifications begin when a need is perceived by producers, purchasers, or
anyone in the aerospace or defense industry.
Criteria - Emerging materials and processes are best handled by company internal specifications,
providing the flexibility to tailor requirements and testing to meet the needs of each unique application.
It is typically during this period that a producer’s key processing parameters become firmly established
and a sufficient volume of material produced to statistically assess the key characteristics and
properties of the emerging material. For these reasons, a new AMS is not created until the following are
established:
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A minimum of 2 aerospace users indicate they would use the new AMS.
Properties are statistically established, based on a minimum of 100 data points representing at
least 10 lots of material. Data from multiple producers is strongly encouraged. Specific
requirements are contained in Part F of our Editorial Style Manual.
‐ over ‐ Committee support - A proposal to create a new AMS, therefore,
requires concurrence from the specific committee of jurisdiction (AMSB, D, E, F, G, or AMEC).
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Revising AMS Specifications
Five-year Review - All specifications are reviewed on a five-year
basis. With over 2300 AMS documents in the AMS Metals Group, we
tackle about 460 per year, or 230 per biannual meeting cycle.
If a need for technical change is identified during this Five Year
Review Process, or if anyone reports a problem or concern with a
specification (regardless of the amount of time since the last revision),
the Chairperson of the applicable committee can initiate a project to
revise an existing AMS.
Committee support - Action to revise an existing AMS, therefore,
requires concurrence from the specific committee of jurisdiction (AMSB, D, E, F, G, or AMEC).
No downgrading - A key point is that AMS rules prohibit
downgrading a specification during its lifetime. This means that
technical requirements (i.e., tensile strength, ductility, etc.) may not be
lessened, thereby protecting users who may have already designed
product relying on the original material.
See for yourself the SAE
standardization process in action at
the upcoming AMS Nonmetals
Group meetings:
AMS-CACRC
June 2009
Japan (Tentative)
AMS-CE/P
April 27-29, 2009
Valley Forge, PA
October 2009
San Antonio, TX
AMS-G8/G9
May 5-7, 2009
San Francisco, CA
October 13-15, 2009
Oklahoma City, OK
AMS-K
March 16, 2009
St. Louis, MO
AMS-M
April 23, 2009
Chester, England
For more information
or to participate on an AMS
Committee, contact:
Kerri Rohall
1- 724-772-7161
kerrir@sae.org
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