RIX Industries Flow Downs

7/11/2017

Description:

FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION (FAI) I.A.W. AS9102

Clause:

A.The processes and requirements of AS9102 apply to this First Article Activity and the report shall be compliant to all AS9102 requirements. The revision of AS9102 to be used shall be the released revision at the time of purchase order acceptance. All data required for the acceptance of the First Article shall be submitted to L3Harris via SSR-FAI for review and acceptance five days prior to the planned shipment date. Note that the line item input to the SSR-FAI will be that of part number and not the FAI Line Item. SSR-FAI shall be approved prior to shipment. (Ref QC-1 for further details) An FAI is required if: B.• New part number for the seller C.• An FAI has never been submitted/approved before for the part number D.• After a 2 year break in production E.• After a manufacturing site change (including subcontractor locations) F.• After part number, material, hardware, process, design media revision(s)—these items may require partial FAI’s G.• Otherwise as specified by L3Harris COTS items and reworked hardware as a result of a return from L3Harris are excluded from this FAI requirement. The First Article(s) shall be produced on production equipment using processes and materials which Shall be utilized on production runs. AS9102 Forms 1, 2, and 3 are required. Form 1 Optional (O) fields 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24 are considered mandatory by L3Harris and shall be completed. Conditionally Required (CR) fields shall be completed as applicable. Fields not applicable shall be filled in as “N/A” to demonstrate the FAI has been completely reviewed by the Seller. In Form 1, L3Harris requires that the revision levels of the drawing and parts list are entered in fields 7 and 5 respectively. For Detail FAI, which the drawing will not have a parts list, enter the drawing revision in field 7, and enter “N/A” in field 5. For Assembly FAI, enter the drawing revision in field 7 and enter the parts list revision in field 5. All First Article inspections performed by the seller Shall be accompanied with a report showing conformance to all drawings or performance requirements specified by L3Harris. Each detail part number shall have its own complete FAI package submitted with the assembly’s FAI package. Seller shall not submit parts from a production run for L3Harris inspection prior to L3Harris’ acceptance of the associated FAI Report. L3Harris reserves the right to verify First Article results at the Sellers facility. B. QC-1420-A applies with the exception that an FAI is required after a 1 year break in production.