MIL-DTL-25995D
4. VERIFICATION
4.1 Classification of inspections. The inspection requirements specified herein are classified as
follows:
a. First article inspection (see 4.5).
b. Conformance inspection (see 4.6).
4.2 Inspection conditions. First article inspection shall be performed at a laboratory acceptable to the
procuring activity on sample units produced with equipment and procedures used in production
4.3 Testing and inspections.
4.4 Responsibility for compliance. All items shall meet all requirements of sections 3, 4, and 5. The
inspections 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.
4.4.1 Lot records. The manufacturer or supplier shall, on request, furnish to the purchaser a
certificate stating that each lot has been sampled, tested, and inspected in accordance with the applicable
specification for type A and type B pipe and has met the requirements. Manufacturers shall monitor for
compliance to the prescribed procedures, and observe that satisfactory manufacturing conditions and
records on lots are maintained for these pipes. 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. Manufacturers shall keep lot records for 3 years minimum.
4.5 First article inspection. First article inspection shall consist of materials inspection; all the tests in
table II as applicable to the contract, and examinations of this specification.
4.5.1 Samples for first article. Samples for first article shall be representative of the products
proposed to be furnished to this specification. Sampling for pipes shall be specified in 4.5.5.
4.5.2 First article inspection routine. All samples shall be subjected to first article testing in
accordance with table II sequence is manufacturer's discretion.
4.5.3 Acceptance of first article inspection. Required first article tests (see table II) at the hose
assembly level that were already performed at the bulk hose level may be eliminated from assembly first
article tests if documented approval has been obtained from the procuring activity.
4.5.3.1 Waivers or deviations to specification requirements. All waivers or deviations to specification
requirements shall be coordinated through the preparing activity; Defense Supply Center, Columbus,
Attn: VAI, P.O. Box 3990, Columbus, OH 43218-3990, or emailed to Construction@dscc.dla.mil.
4.5.4 Failures. All samples shall meet all of the contract requirements. Failure of a sample unit to
pass any test shall be cause for rejection of the entire lot and to grant first article approval.
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