MIL-DTL-27516G
4.3 Test equipment and inspection facilities. Test and measuring equipment and inspection facilities
of sufficient accuracy, quality, and quantity to permit performance of the required inspection shall be
established and maintained or identified by the contractor. The establishment and maintenance of a
calibration system to control the accuracy of the measuring and test equipment shall be in accordance
with ISO 17025 and NCSL Z540.3 as applicable.
The inspection set forth in this specification shall become a part of the contractor's overall inspection
system or quality program. The absence of any inspection requirements in the specification shall not
relieve the contractor of the responsibility of ensuring that all products or supplies submitted to the
Government for acceptance comply with all requirements of the contract. Sampling inspection, as part of
manufacturing operations, is an acceptable practice to ascertain conformance to requirements, however,
this does not authorize submission of known defective material, either indicated or actual, nor does it
commit the Government to accept defective material. The supplier's inspection and test records shall
clearly demonstrate the products conformance to technical specifications.
4.3.2 Lot records. Manufacturers shall keep lot records for 3 years minimum. Manufacturers shall
monitor for compliance to the prescribed procedures, and observe that satisfactory manufacturing
conditions and records on lots are maintained for these hose assemblies. The records, including as a
minimum, an attributes summary of all quality conformance inspections conducted on each lot, shall be
available to review by customers at all times.
4.4 First article inspection. When specified in the contract or purchase order (see 6.2), samples that
are representative of the production item shall be subjected to first article inspection after the Government
has awarded the contract. First article inspection shall be performed in accordance with table X to
determine whether the production items meet the requirements of this specification. The hose assembly
samples shall be subjected to first article inspection as specified in 4.4.2. All hose assembly samples
shall be representative of the construction, workmanship, components and materials used during
manufacturing. Each sample shall be a section of hose of the specified diameter with sufficient length for
all inspections and tests specified in 4.6. Depended on which style of hose assembly that is being
considered for first article inspection couplings in accordance with SAE-AS38404 on one end and
A-A-59326 on the other end or A-A-59377 on each end shall be provided.
4.4.1 First article information. Upon completion of first article inspection, the Government activity
responsible for conducting the inspection program (see 6.2), shall report the results of the inspection, with
appropriate recommendation, to the contracting officer. Approval of the first article samples or the
waiving of first article inspection does not preclude the requirements for performing individual or periodic
inspections. The supplier's inspection and test records shall clearly demonstrate the products
conformance to technical specifications.
4.4.2 First article testing. First article testing shall be performed in accordance with table X under the
conditions specified for each particular test.
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