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4.4 Responsibility for compliance. All items shall meet all requirements of sections 3, 4, and 5. The
inspection 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. The supplier's inspection and test records shall clearly
demonstrate the products conformance to technical specifications.
4.4.1 Lot records. Manufacturers shall keep lot records for 3 years minimum. Manufacturers shall
monitor for compliance to the prescribed procedures, and observe that satisfactory manufacturing
conditions and records on lots are maintained for these hose assemblies. 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
4.5 First article inspection. The first article inspection of swivel joints shall consist of tests specified in
table V. When specified, the first article inspection shall be supplemented by tests approximating service
TABLE V. First article tests.
Requirement
Test
Test paragraph
paragraph
Examination of product
and 3.7
Fluid immersion
Proof pressure and leakage
Leakage at low pressure
Reverse leakage
Endurance
Swiveling torque
Swiveling torque at elevated
temperature
Pressure drop
Cold temperature operation
Operation at differential
temperature
Vibration
Functional shock
Burst
4.5.1 Similarity. Swivel joints passing the first article inspection tests to specific type, class and style
shall be considered as acceptable to those types and classes of the same style with lower requirements.
4.5.2 Inspection lot. All Swivels of the same type and size offered to the Government at one time
shall be considered as a lot for the purpose of inspection.
4.5.3 Test report. The contractor shall prepare test reports showing quantitative results of all tests
required. Tests shall be validated by authorized representatives of the contractor or laboratory, as
applicable.
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