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specified (see 3.1). This inspection shall include the examinations of 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4, and 4.5.
Any defect or nonconformance shall be cause for rejection of the first article.
4.3 Conforma nce inspection. Conformance inspections shall include the examinations of
4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.4, and 4.5. Sampling plans and acceptance/rejection criteria for 4.4 and 4.5 shall
be as specified in the contract or purchase order. Assemblies which fail the acceptance criteria
shall be cause for rejection of the lot.
4.3.1 Component and material inspection. Components and materials shall be inspected in
accordance with all of the requirements of referenced documents unless otherwise excluded,
amended, modified, or qualified in the specification or applicable purchase document.
4.3.2 In-process inspection. Inspection of subassemblies shall be made to ascertain that
construction details and dimensional requirements, which cannot be examined in the finished
product, are in accordance with specified requirements. The Government reserves the right to
exclude from consideration of acceptance any material or service for which in-process inspection
has indicated nonconformance.
4.4 End item visual examination. The end items shall be examined for the defects listed in
table I. Any nonconformance to the TDP shall be classified as a defect.
TABLE I. Visual Defects
Classification
Examine
Defect
Major
Minor
Materials
Color not as specified
201
Construction and
Component missing, not assembled or
assembly
joined as specified
101
Cleanness
Dirt, grease, oil, or other foreign matter
202
Thread ends not trimmed throughout
203
Stitches and stitching
Not type of stitch specified
102
One stitch per inch under or over minimum
or maximum specified
204
Two or more stitches per inch under or
over minimum or maximum specified
103
Thread breaks, runoffs, or two or more
consecutive skips in stitching not
overstitched or restitched as specified
205
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