Does AS9100 require calibration software?

No. AS9100 asks for calibrated, traceable equipment, visible status and records you can retrieve. It names no tool. Many suppliers use software because the recall process and the out-of-tolerance trace are hard to keep up in a spreadsheet.

What goes in the AS9100 equipment register?

Clause 7.1.5.2 asks for a register of monitoring and measuring equipment and a defined calibration or verification process. The register holds the equipment type, a unique ID, the location, the check frequency, the check method and the acceptance criteria.

Can calibration software make me AS9100 certified?

No. Certification comes from an accredited registrar that audits your processes. Software keeps the calibration evidence complete and easy to find when they ask.

Does AS9100 calibration software handle gauges an outside lab calibrates?

It should. Most aerospace suppliers send some gauges out. In Axiospec you log the lab's result and date, attach its certificate, and record the lab and its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation on the instrument. The next due date follows from your interval.

Choosing calibration software

AS9100 Calibration Software: What Clause 7.1.5 Asks For and Where the Evidence Lives

6 min read Published October 20, 2026

We make calibration software, so read this with that in mind. AS9100 does not ask for software. It asks for evidence: that the gauges used to accept product were calibrated against traceable standards, that their status is visible, and that you can find and assess the work an out-of-tolerance gauge touched. This guide maps each part of clause 7.1.5 to the evidence an auditor asks for and to where it should live in calibration software, so you can judge any tool, ours included.

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What AS9100 clause 7.1.5 asks of your calibration program

AS9100 includes all of ISO 9001 clause 7.1.5 and adds aerospace expectations on top. You keep a register of your monitoring and measuring equipment with how each item is calibrated or verified. You run a process to recall equipment when it is due. And the conditions where calibration, inspection and testing happen have to suit the work.

Calibrate or verify against standards traceable to national or international measurement standards, at set intervals or before use.
Keep a register with the equipment type, a unique ID, the location, how often it is checked, the check method and the acceptance criteria.
Make the calibration status of each item visible, so nobody measures with an overdue gauge.
Protect equipment from adjustment, damage or deterioration that would invalidate its results.
When a gauge is found out of tolerance, assess the earlier results and act on the product it measured.

AS9100 calibration requirements checklist

The evidence an auditor asks for, and where it lives

Auditors rarely stop at the procedure. They pick a gauge off a bench and follow it. The table maps each requirement to what they ask to see and to where that evidence sits in calibration software. The right-hand column describes Axiospec, but any tool you consider should have an answer for each row.

AS9100 clause 7.1.5 requirements, the evidence an auditor asks for, and where it lives in calibration software
Requirement	What the auditor asks to see	Where it lives in calibration software
Equipment register	The entry for one gauge: type, ID, location, check frequency, method and acceptance criteria.	The instrument record. Category, asset tag, location, interval, procedure and tolerance are fields on it, and the whole register exports to a spreadsheet.
Traceable calibration	The latest certificate and the reference standard behind it.	The calibration record, with the certificate attached and a link to the reference standard it ran against.
Calibration status	A label on the gauge and proof the status was current on the day it was used.	A live status on the instrument, printable QR labels with the due date, and the dated history behind it.
Recall process	How you knew this gauge was due, and what happens when one goes overdue.	A due calendar, reminder emails before and after the due date, and an overdue list for each site.
Out-of-tolerance action	The as-found reading and the assessment of the work it affected.	As-found and as-left readings with an automatic out-of-tolerance check, and a reverse trace from a drifted reference standard to each calibration it supported.
Safeguarding	Who changed what, and how unauthorised adjustment is prevented.	A tamper-evident audit trail of readings, edits and signatures, quarantine for gauges pulled from use, and supervisor approval on the instruments you choose.
Environmental conditions	The temperature and humidity at calibration, where they matter.	Temperature and humidity fields on the calibration record.
Records retention	A calibration from years ago, found quickly.	Records kept with the instrument, searchable and exportable at any time, including an audit pack for one gauge or the whole register.

Tip: One honest limit. Calibration software can tell you which calibrations a drifted standard stood behind. Which product lots those gauges accepted lives in your production records, so the impact assessment still joins the two.

What to look for in AS9100 calibration software

Records nobody can quietly edit. Ask how a correction is made and whether the original stays visible.
As-found readings kept as data, not a note. You cannot assess earlier results from a number you never kept.
A reverse trace from a reference standard to the calibrations it supported.
A register you can export in your customer's or registrar's format.
Logins for the people who touch gauges. Per-seat pricing tends to push technicians back to paper.
Outside calibrations handled as well as in-house ones, with the lab's certificate kept on the record.
A way out. Your records should export in a format you can open without the vendor.

What no software does for AS9100

Software does not make you AS9100 compliant, and no vendor can certify you. Your registrar audits your processes, your scope and the evidence they produce. Software changes how fast you can produce that evidence and how complete it is when you do.

It also does not set your intervals or acceptance criteria. Those are your decisions, written into your procedures. A good tool records them and reminds you when work comes due.

Trying it with your own instruments

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You do not have to retype your list. Send us whatever your current system gives you and we load it for you at no cost, usually within a couple of business days.

Common questions

Does AS9100 require calibration software?: No. AS9100 asks for calibrated, traceable equipment, visible status and records you can retrieve. It names no tool. Many suppliers use software because the recall process and the out-of-tolerance trace are hard to keep up in a spreadsheet.
What goes in the AS9100 equipment register?: Clause 7.1.5.2 asks for a register of monitoring and measuring equipment and a defined calibration or verification process. The register holds the equipment type, a unique ID, the location, the check frequency, the check method and the acceptance criteria.
Can calibration software make me AS9100 certified?: No. Certification comes from an accredited registrar that audits your processes. Software keeps the calibration evidence complete and easy to find when they ask.
Does AS9100 calibration software handle gauges an outside lab calibrates?: It should. Most aerospace suppliers send some gauges out. In Axiospec you log the lab's result and date, attach its certificate, and record the lab and its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation on the instrument. The next due date follows from your interval.

Put it into practice

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