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4.5.4 Disposition of test specimens. Test specimens that have been subjected to the sampling and
periodic inspections, see tables VII and VIII, shall not be delivered on the contract or purchase order.
4.5.5 Nonconformance.
4.5.5.1 Failures. If a sample fails to pass any of the sampling and periodic inspections of tables VII
and VIII, the manufacturer shall immediately notify the qualifying activity and cognizant inspection activity
of such failure. The manufacturer shall take corrective action on the materials or processes or both as
warranted, on all units of product which can be corrected and which were manufactured under essentially
the same conditions, with essentially the same materials and processes, and which are considered
subject to the same failure.
4.5.5.2 Acceptance and shipment. Acceptance and shipment of the product shall be discontinued
until corrective action acceptable to the qualifying activity has been taken. After the corrective action has
been taken sampling and periodic inspections (see tables VII and VIII) shall be repeated on additional
samples. At the discretion of the qualifying activity this may include all inspections, or the inspection
which the original sample failed. Individual, sampling, and periodic inspections, if applicable, may be
reinstituted. However final acceptance of the hose or hose assemblies shall be withheld until the
sampling and periodic inspection has shown that the corrective action was successful.
4.5.6 Additional QPL test and reporting requirements.
4.5.6.1 Retention of qualification. To retain qualification, the contractor shall submit a test report to
the qualifying activity at 12 month intervals. The qualifying activity shall establish the initial reporting date.
Each test report shall consist of a summary of test and inspection results required by this specification
that were performed during the 12 month reporting interval. As a minimum, the test report shall include
the following:
a.
Number of lots produced and tested, including lot and sample sizes for each lot.
b.
Identify which tests were performed.
c.
Quantities passed.
d.
Quantities failed.
e.
All reworked sampling lots shall be accounted for and identified. A summary of corrective
action taken shall be included.
4.5.6.2 Loss of product qualification.
4.5.6.3 Failure to meet test requirements. The manufacturer shall immediately notify the qualifying
activity at any time during the 12-month reporting period when the qualified product fails to meet the
sampling and periodic inspections requirements of this specification. The manufacturer shall identify and
indicate what corrective action will be taken to correct the problem. Failure to take corrective action
acceptable to the qualifying activity may result in removal of the product from the QPL.
4.5.6.4 Failure to submit summary test data report. Failure to submit a test report within 30 days
after the end of the 12 month reporting period may result in loss of qualification for the product.
4.5.6.5 Change to manufacturing process, materials or equipment. The manufacturer shall notify the
qualifying activity, in writing, of any changes in the manufacturing process, materials, or equipment used
to manufacture a QPL product. Subsequently, the qualifying activity will notify the manufacturer, in
writing, if a full re-qualification, partial re-qualification, or no additional testing is required as a result of
these changes.
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