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3.8 Age control. Bulk hose shall not exceed age limits established in SAE-AS1933. Chlorinated
Polyethylene (CPE) base hose may exceed the SAE-AS1933 limits and is acceptable to 12 years (48
quarters).
3.9 Workmanship. Hose shall be manufactured and processed in such a manner as to be uniform in
quality and shall be free from foreign material and other defects that will affect life, serviceability, strength,
assembly or durability (see table II). Workmanship shall be such as to enable the hose to meet the
applicable performance requirements of this specification.
TABLE II. Workmanship defects.
Defect
Inspection
Reference
Dimensions affecting interchangeability
Standard inspection equipment
not within tolerance
Ridge on tube - Severe
Standard inspection equipment
Bunching of tube - Severe
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Loose tube
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Off center -under gage cover
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Hole in tube
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Nad lap or delamination of tube
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Reinforcement through tube
Standard inspection equipment
N/A
Reinforcement through cover
Visual
N/A
Poorly patched cover
Visual
N/A
Blistered or loose, patch on cover
Visual
N/A
Under gage cover area
Visual
N/A
Poor coverlap, opening or lack of adhesion
Visual
N/A
Cover missing
Visual
N/A
Loose cover (wrinkles when bent)
Visual
N/A
Exposed reinforcement braid
Visual
N/A
Split, slit or break in cover
Visual
N/A
Blister under cover
Visual
N/A
Misbranding
Visual
4. VERIFICATION
4.1 Classification of inspection. The inspection requirements specified herein are classified as
follows:
a. Qualification inspection (see 4.4).
b. Conformance inspection (see 4.5).
4.2 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 used.
The establishment and the maintenance of a calibration system to control the accuracy of all test and
measuring equipment shall be in accordance with ISO 17025 and NCSL Z540.3 as applicable.
4.3 Inspection conditions. Unless otherwise specified, all required inspections shall be performed in
accordance with the test conditions specified in 4.6.
4.4 Qualification inspection. Qualification inspection shall be performed at a laboratory acceptable to
the Government qualifying activity (see 6.3) on sample units produced with equipment and procedures
used in production.
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