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4.3.2 Disposition of first article samples. Unless otherwise specified, after award of the contract or
order, the manufacturer shall forward one fitting, selected randomly from a sample lot. The sample shall
be representative of the construction, workmanship, components, and materials to be used during
production. When a manufacturer is in continuous production fittings from one contract to another,
submission of additional first article samples for a new contract may be waived at the discretion of the
acquiring activity (see 6.2).
4.3.3 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 conformance
inspection.
4.4 Conformance inspection. Conformance inspection shall consist of the examinations and tests
specified in table III performed on individual products or lot samples to determine conformance of the
products or lots with the requirements of this specification.
4.4.1 Sample size. Sampling for examination and tests shall be in accordance with table II. The
sample shall be taken at random from a production run and shall be produced with equipment and
procedures normally used in production. A lot shall be accepted when 0 defects are found, and rejected
when 1 or more defects are found.
TABLE II. Inspection sample.
Production lot
Sample size
size
1
1
2 to 8
2
9 to 15
3
16 to 25
5
26 to 50
8
51 to 90
13
91 to 150
20
151 to 280
32
281 to 500
50
501 to 1,200
80
1201 to 3,200
125
3201 to 10,000
200
10,001 to 35,000
315
4.4.2 Individual inspection. For manufacturers that have successfully passed first article inspections
and are continuously producing fittings to this specification, ongoing inspections shall consist of individual
inspections, see table III. Each production of fittings shall be subjected to the examinations and tests in
accordance with table III.
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