Inspection - SB-740-95-7000004

SB 740-95-700

Stage I (Defect Code 96A). Small

physical characteristics, under uniform conditions

designed to effect homogeneity, and meeting definite

cracks or crazed (crackled surface).

Stage II (Defect Code 96B).

physical and chemical requirements of established

specifications and drawings (this includes renovated,

Spalling (chipped) or fractured (broken, major cracks, or

reworked, and reconditioned lots).

splits) to an extent where fit, function, or life has been

(d) Miscellaneous lot. A combination

affected.

(5) Inspection (Type of).

of single manufacturer's small lots or lot fragments

possessing the same technical history.

(a) Cyclical

Inspection

(CI).

(e) Mixed lot. A combination of the

Surveillance per- formed on material in storage on a

same kind and type of material wherein identification of

cyclic basis. In this bulletin, the cycle is established in

the manufacturer, the lot number, or the time of

appendix A by the Inspection Frequency Code (IFC-see

manufacture is incomplete or cannot be determined.

para 2-6e).

The purpose is to determine the

(7) Occurrence basis.

An inspection,

serviceability status of items at the end of each cycle.

(b) Initial Receipt Inspection (IRI). An

without a predetermined time frame, that is performed as

the need occurs, e.g., initial receipt inspection (IRI) is

inspection performed on newly manufactured material

performed when the shipment arrives.

received directly from a vendor, manufacturer, or

(8) Serviceable. The condition of an item

government activity. The purpose is to determine if the

that has been determined by inspection to be satisfactory

items, unit packing, packing, or preservation have been

and safe for its intended use.

damaged in transit and whether the preservation, unit

(9) Shelf-life-item.

An item of supply

packing, packing and marking are correct. This

possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to

inspection is not intended as an acceptance-type

the degree that a storage time period must be assigned

inspection.

to assure that it will perform satisfactorily in service.

There are two types of shelf-life items defined by AR

inspections and tests on material immediately preceding

700-89 as:

is- sue.

(a) Type I shelf-life item. An item of

(d) Prestorage Inspection (PSI). An

supply that is determined, through an evaluation of

inspection performed on material received from other

technical test data or actual experience, to be an item

depots, posts, camps, stations, or overseas returns

with a definite non-extendable shelf-life.

received within CONUS The purpose is to determine

(b) Type II shelf-life item. An item of

receipt condition and the current degree of serviceability

supply having an assigned shelf life, where the life may

of the items where serviceability status is

be ex- tended after the completion of a prescribed

unknown/unverified.

(e) Special Inspection (SPI).

inspection, a test, or a restorative action.

(10) Storage

Serviceability

Standards

inspection performed at the direction of higher

(SSS). Technical documents containing inspection

headquarters or as deemed necessary to satisfy local

installation requirements.

instructions and criteria essential to determine

(f) Unit Basis Inspection (UBI). An

serviceability of material in storage.

(11) Unserviceable. The condition of an

inspection where each unit in the lot is inspected for the

defect characteristic under consideration. The unit basis

item that has been determined by inspection to be

method is also used for serially-numbered major end

unsatisfactory or unsafe for its intended use.

items that are considered separately for surveillance

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Errors or omissions.

Forward comments

purposes.

regarding errors or omissions in this bulletin on DA Form

(6) Lots.

2028 (Recommended Changes to Publication and Blank

(a) Depot lot. A combination of lots,

Forms) to the Commander, U.S. Army Armament,

irrespective of manufacturer or age, of the same kind

Munitions and Chemical Command, ATTN: AMSMC-

and type of material grouped into one large single lot for

QAL, Rock Island, IL 61299-6000; and send an

the purpose of economy in surveillance.

information copy to the Commander, US Army

(b) Grand lot. All lots of the same

Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, ATTN:

kind and type of material from one manufacturer or

AMSMC-QAF (D), Dover, NJ 07801-5001.

reconditioning agency grouped into one large lot for the

purpose of economy in surveillance.

one item of material manufactured or assembled in one

plant, from raw materials or components of the same

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