Shop software for plating and anodizing job shops.
Amp-Hour prints the traveler, logs the run, keeps tank chemistry in spec and issues the certificate of compliance at shipment. Quotes, invoicing, A/R and the wastewater log are in the same database, so the records a Nadcap or AS9100 auditor asks for exist because you ran the job.
No card needed. The trial opens on a sample shop with 13 tanks, 9 open jobs and real routings, so you see travelers and tank sheets in the first minute.
Amp-Hour is for job shops of roughly 5 to 80 people doing anodize (Type II, Type III hardcoat, chromic), zinc and zinc-nickel, electroless and sulfamate nickel, chromate conversion per MIL-DTL-5541, passivation, e-coat and powder, on customer-owned parts. Shops that hold or are working toward Nadcap, AS9100 or ISO 9001, and every shop that reports to a POTW under 40 CFR 433.
The job record, start to finish.
The traveler is the record.
Each process carries its routing: tank, time, temperature, current density and the maximum delay before the next step. Receiving a job copies it. The printed traveler has a Code 39 barcode for the job and each operation; the operator scans, records tank, amps and time, and anything outside the window is logged as a deviation. 7075 gets the shorter deox automatically.
Tank chemistry with the arithmetic done.
Enter the titration and Amp-Hour compares it to min, target and max and computes the addition from tank volume: nickel at 72.986 g/L against a 76 g/L target in 400 gal is 6.7 gal of NI-SULF, issued from inventory when you post it. Brightener is replenished from amp-hours. Each parameter has an individuals chart with Western Electric rules and Cpk.
The cert writes itself at shipment.
Specification, thickness readings with the gauge and its calibration date, operations run and who signed. QC cannot sign off a step that requires readings until they are entered. Rejects carry reason codes; strip and replate creates a linked rework job; NCRs and CAPAs, lab tests, the training matrix and controlled documents live beside the jobs they refer to. Customers download certs, packing slips and invoices from their portal.
Wastewater and hazardous waste the way the inspector reads them.
Discharge samples are checked against your permit limits (40 CFR 433 as the baseline), containers sit on the 90- or 180-day accumulation clock, manifests show which signed copies have not come back, and permit renewal and report dates are tracked. The SDS library is one list of chemicals with the sheet attached.
Also in it
- Quotes priced per each, per lb, per ft² or per lot, converted to jobs
- Schedule board and capacity by work center
- Outside processing as a routing step: vendor packing list, PO, count-in on return, an "at vendor" lane on the board
- Maintenance work orders from the floor, downtime clock, parts from stock, PM schedules with checklists, history per rectifier, oven and tank
- Packaging spec per part, carton counts proposed at shipping, carton labels
- Packing slips, partial shipments, carrier and tracking
- Invoicing, cash receipts, A/R aging and statements
- Purchase orders, receiving, vendor bills, A/P
- Double-entry general ledger and financial statements
- Daily Au, Ag, Pd and Rh prices and the metal surcharge line on the invoice
- Inventory at weighted-average cost with reorder points
- Time clock with badge kiosk, timesheets and overtime
- Customer portal with quote requests
- Barcode scanning by USB, Bluetooth or phone camera
- Custom fields, your own terminology and numbering
- CSV import and export, full database backup download
Pricing
Prices are per shop per month in US dollars. Every plan has every module, unlimited jobs and customers, the customer portal and updates. Billed monthly by card; cancel from Settings > Billing at any time.
| Plan | Per month | Staff logins | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $149 | 5 | Email, reply within one business day |
| Professional | $349 | 25 | Email and phone, same business day |
| Business | $699 | Unlimited | Email and phone, same business day, plus onboarding and import help |
A staff login is a person who signs in and is not a customer-portal user; portal logins are free. The shop-floor terminal and the time-clock kiosk run under one logged-in staff account, and badge punches do not need their own login. 14-day trial on any plan.
Annual billing, purchase orders or an on-premises license: support@amphour.io.
Switching from METFIN, E2 or spreadsheets
Settings > Data has CSV templates for customers, parts, vendors, inventory items, materials, processes, tanks, racks, trainings and permits. It does not import historical jobs, posted GL or old certs; open jobs and A/R balances are entered by hand or with us during onboarding, and most shops start the new system at a month boundary and keep the old one readable for the retention period.
METFIN and IBMS are marks of Compex Integrated Systems. E2 and JobBOSS are marks of their owners. Amp-Hour is an independent product and is not affiliated with any of them.
Or run it on a PC in the office
The same software runs on one Windows, Linux or Mac PC on the shop network. One Node process, one SQLite file, no internet connection and no third-party packages to install. The first visit creates the administrator and the shop; phones reach it over the shop Wi-Fi; backups are one folder.
npm start # http://localhost:3000Support
Email support@amphour.io. Email support is included with every plan; Professional and Business plans are answered the same business day. The people who write the software answer the support line.
Demos are 30 minutes over a screen share, on your own parts and processes. Ask for one.
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