MIL --- DTL --- 51523A(EA)
Officer shall be notified and at the discretion of the Government, a new first article sample may
be required.
4.2.2 Sampling. The contractor shall randomly select three representative samples, of
approximately 200g each, from the first article lot of dye and place each sample in a clean dry
container labeled to identify the first article lot.
4.2.3 Inspection procedure. Each first article sample shall be subjected to all of the inspec-
tions specified in the classification of characteristics in 4.3.5.
4.2.4 Acceptance criteria. If any first article sample fails to comply with any of the applica-
ble requirements, the first article sample shall be rejected. The Government reserves the right
to terminate inspection upon any failure to comply with any of the requirements. The contrac-
tor shall obtain written approval from the contracting activity prior to proceeding with regular
production.
4.3 Conformance inspection.
4.3.1 Lotting. A lot shall consist of the dye produced by one manufacturer, at one plant,
from the same materials, under the same manufacturing conditions, and at the same time. The
minimum lot size shall be 2270 kg. In the event the lot is a batch operation (see 6.7), several
batches may be mixed together to form a lot, provided the batches are subjected to a physical
mixing operation intended to make the final product uniform and homogenous.
4.3.2 Sampling. The contractor shall randomly select three representative samples, of
approximately 200g each, from the lot of dye and place each sample in a clean dry container
labeled to identify the lot represented.
4.3.3 Inspection procedure. Each dye sample shall be inspected in accordance with the
classification of characteristics in 4.3.5. Failure of any sample to conform to any characteristic
in the classification of characteristics based acceptance criteria specified therein shall be cause
for rejection of the lot represented.
4.3.4 Critical characteristics. Unless otherwise specified in the classification of characteris-
tics, the sampling and acceptance criteria for critical characteristics shall be in accordance with
the Critical characteristics paragraph of MIL --- STD --- 1916.
4.3.5 Classification of characteristics. Conformance inspections shall be as specified in the
following classification of characteristics paragraphs. When verification levels (VLs) are speci-
fied for selection of sample sizes and acceptance criteria, the attributes sampling plan of MIL ---
STD --- 1916 shall apply unless otherwise specified.
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