ASME B18.18.6M pdf free download
ASME B18.18.6M pdf free download Quality AssuPance Plan for Fasteners Produced ina Third Party Accreditation System
1 GENERAL INFORMATION1.1 Basic Plan Structure
This plan is for a quality system that has beencertified by a third party process utilizing independentaudits under the provisions of a third party accreditationprogram administered by a consensus standards organi-zation. It is intended to serve as a Quality AssurancePlan for externally and internally threaded fastenersand accessories or associated parts. It is to be used inconjunction with other part-specific quality plans whichhave been agreed to between manufacturer and pur-chaser. The Basic Plan Outline is included in Fig. 1.This Standard requires that manufacturers must bequalified under provisions of third party accreditationincluded in the referenced standards.
2 REFERENCED STANDARDS
2.1 Third Party Accreditation Standardsos 9000.Quality System Requirements
Publisher: Automotive Industry Action Group.Depart-ment 77839,P.O.Box 77000,Detroit,MI48277FAP-1Quality Assurance Program Requirements forFastener Manufacturers,Distributors,and TestingLaboratories
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engi-neers,Three Park Avenue.New York. NY 10016-5990
ISO/IEC Guide 25 for testing areas
Publisher: Intermational Organization for Standardization(ISO),1 rue de Varembe, Case postale 56,CH-1121,Geneve 20,Switzerland/Suisse
2.2 Related Standards
See AppendixA.
3THIRD PARTY ACCREDITATION sYSTEM3.1 Scope
For the purpose of this Standard, third party registra-tion is the successful conclusion of a structured auditingand approval board process that has verified complianceof an audited quality system to a specified qualitysystem standard. Such compliance is delermined by thedocumented auditing of the defined system and itsscope ofactivities (in its various documentedandimplemented forms) by an agency (registrar) that hasthe authority, confered by an accreditation processitself, to audit and grant registration status.Registrarsare recognized by the American National Standardslnstitute andor the American Socicty for QualityControl.
3.2 Lot Controls
3.2.1 Raw material shall be supplied to the manufac- ..turer traceable to a mill heat of material.
3.2.2 Subcontracted processes including plating andheat treating shall be controlled to avoid product lotcontamination.
3.2.3 Finished lots shall be traceable to raw materialsupplier and subcontracted processes.
3.3 Inspection and Records
3.3.1 Inspection Plan and lnspection Points.The manufacturer shall have a document to indicatethose points within the manufacturing process wherefastener sampling and inapcction is earried out.In-process control plans relating frequency of inspection,corrective action for nonconforming characteristics, andsample sizes shall be documented prior to production.The in-process control plan shall include thosc character-istics specified by the quality system standard, character-isties specifically indicated by the product standard,orthose characteristics normally accepted as appropriatefor evaluating product functionability.This plan shallbe made available to the customer on his request.
3.4 Inspected Features and Frequency of
lnspection
Unless indicated otherwise in the customer’s fastenerstandard, the features to be verined and the frequencyof inspection is controlled by the supplier’s approvedmanufacturing plan.
3.5 Records of Inspection/Compliance
Records shall be maintained in such a manner topreserve original data,and be collated as required intoafinal form, sufficient to satisfy customer and legalrequirernents.Such reports shall be provided uponrequest. Appropriate records shall be retained for thetime period specified by the customer or 5 years,whichever is longer. Evidence of these records and avalid third party certificate shall be deemed complianceto this Standard.
3.6 Methode of Vorification
Actual inspection data,obtained in-process,shall beprovided for examination and used to produce a reportwhen required. Data used for verification purposesshall be examined to ensure that it complies with therequirements of the quality system standards and thatit contains the necessary traceabiity tdentifers to corre-late it to a given lot of shipped material.
