RIX Industries Flow Downs

8/1/1997

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ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATION REQUIREMENTS NSSN

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ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATION QUALIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM,UNLESS THE ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN QUALIFIED FOR NSSN CLASS SUBMARINESVIA STANDARD CLAUSE 10-87V WITHIN THE PART DESCRIPTION FOR THIS ITEM.ITEMS REQUIRING VIBRATION TESTING WILL BE TESTED AND/OR COORDINATED BYTHE BUYER, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE BUYER.IN THE EVENT THAT THE BUYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIBRATION TESTING ANITEM, SELLER INVOLVEMENT SHALL TYPICALLY BE LIMITED TO SHIPPING, POST-TEST INSPECTION, AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING, AS APPLICABLE. INTHE EVENT THAT THE SELLER IS DIRECTED TO COORDINATE AND/OR PERFORMVIBRATION TESTING, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED:IF VIBRATION TESTING IS REQUIRED, VIBRATION TEST INSPECTION ANDFUNCTIONAL TESTING REPORTS ARE TO BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITHMILITARY STANDARD MIL-STD-167-1 AS MODIFIED BY EB SPEC. NO. 3991.THE PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER AND APPLICABLE DRAWING NUMBERSHALL BE INDICATED ON THE REPORTS. REPORTS FOR APPROVAL MUST BERECEIVED BY THE PURCHASER WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF THEVIBRATION TEST.FOR SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL EQUIPMENT WHICH HAS BEEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS, DETAIL PROOF OF SUCH TEST WITH NAVYAPPROVAL LETTER SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PURCHASER FOR EVALUATION OFVIBRATION EXTENSION CRITERIA WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER.IF AN UNTESTED ITEM IS IDENTICAL TO AN ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN IN SERVICEON A PREVIOUS CLASS SUBMARINE FOR 5 YEARS OR MORE, ADDITIONALVIBRATION QUALIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. (VENDORS SHOULD IDENTIFYAND CONFIRM ANY POTENTIAL APPLICABILITY OF THIS CONDITION DURING THEBID/QUOTATION PROCESS OR VIA VERBAL COMMUNICATION IF SUBSEQUENT TOPLACEMENT OF PURCHASE ORDER).QUALIFICATION TEST PROCEDURESQUALIFICATION TEST PROCEDURES SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE SELLER ANDAPPROVED BY THE BUYER PRIOR TO THE START OF TESTS.THE SELLER SHALL SUBMIT TO ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL, VIAA BUYER'S VENDOR PROCEDURE APPROVAL REQUEST(VPAR, FORM NO. 84-01-2974), TWO COPIES OF EACH QUALIFICATION TESTPROCEDURE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, AS A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING:A. A COVER PAGE NOTING THE QUALIFICAITON TEST PROCEDURE NUMBER AND REVISION, SELLER'S NAME, PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER, CONTRACT NUMBER, COMPONENT OR PART NUMBER, ETC.B. REFERENCES (I.E., PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATION NUMBERS INCLUDING CHANGE LETTER, MIL-SPECS, MIL-STDS, ETC.).C. TEST EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION CYCLE TIME, RANGE AND ACCURACY, DETAILED SHCEMATIC OF TEST SETUP (INCLUDING PIPE SIZES, DIMENSIONS MATERIAL, DUMMY WEIGHTS, MEANS OF ATTACHMENT, ETC., AS APPLI- CABLE).D. A DETAILED TEST PROCEDURE BASED ON THE APPLICABLE PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS OR ORDERING DATA. THE SEQUENCE OF TESTS SHALL BE PERFORMED AS SPECIFIED ON THE APPLICABLE PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATION OR ORDERING DATA. REQUESTS FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE SEQUENCE OF TESTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE BUYER FOR APPROVAL.E. A COPY OF SELLER'S ASSEMBLY DRAWING, PROVIDED THAT IT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBMITTED, FOR THIS CONTRACT.F. A SAMPLE OF THE QUALIFICATION TEST DATA SHEET.