Inspection Services Specifications

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	Auditing / Assessment		Quality audits or assessments are the independent evaluation of a company's quality assurance procedures and processes (quality manuals, QA sampling, quality control/SPC) and a determination on whether the company complies with and follows their planned quality documents and procedures. Quality audits or assessments can also used to compare a particular aspect of quality performance to a standard for registration purposes or for vendor approval (qualification) by an OEM or prime contractor.
	Certification		Certification services providers verify that the company's products, parts, services, process, quality system or procedures comply with or conform to industrial, OEM specific or third party standards.
	Consulting / Training		Company offers training and consulting related to testing, inspection, test methods or techniques, regulations, regulatory impact, and/or the registration process.
	Evaluation		Evaluation is the process used to determine if a product, service, component, facility, or quality system meets specific standards, performance criteria or OEM specific requirements.
	Failure Analysis / Troubleshooting		Failure analysis is the evaluation of a product and product failure to determine the underlying cause of the failure. Failure analysis results are used to correct design flaws. Troubleshooting is diagnostic or corrective maintenance performed to correct an existing problem. This differs from preventive maintenance, which is performed proactively in order to prevent system problems. Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a specialized methodology for analyzing failures.
	Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection		Company provides field evaluations or on-site inspections at the supplier's facility or at the site of the supplier's activity.
	First Article / Contract QA		First articles are pre-production or pilot run samples evaluated to assure conformance to the specified standards, procedures and contract requirements. Contract quality assurance (QA) providers sample, inspect, test or evaluate production samples, sites or facilities, processes or procedures. First article inspection and third party QA services are often requirements for some medical or aerospace production or government contracts.
	Fixtures / Equipment		Company offers design and fabrication services, test fixtures, test equipment, or test facilities for specific applications.
	In-process / In-line Testing		Company offers in-process or in-line testing so that products can be tested in functional environments.
	Research and Development		Research and development (R&D) services perform original investigations (research) to gain new knowledge, and/or apply research findings to create new or significantly improved products or processes (development).
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted capabilities.
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	Components / Parts		Company evaluates, provides testing or related services at the component or part level.
	Products		Company evaluates, provides testing or related services at the finished product level.
	Facilities / Capital Equipment		Company evaluates, provides testing, inspection or related services for facilities or buildings, building systems, structures and large capital equipment.
	Quality / Management Systems		A company's quality and management systems encompass the quality manuals, production procedures and documented processes used to produce products in a controlled manner. Quality management systems are usually developed to conform to specific industrial standards or industrial segment standard such as: AS 9100 - Aerospace Quality Management Systems ISO 13485/8 - Medical Quality Systems ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems ISO 9001 - General Quality Systems ISO/TS 16949 - Automotive (International) Quality Management Systems OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems QS-9000 - Automotive (U.S.) Quality Management Systems TL 9000 - Telecommunications Quality Systems RC 14001 - Responsible Chemical Care SA 8000 - Social Accountability Programs
	Samples		Company evaluates, provides testing or related services for test panels or samples taken from a part, product, or facility; or fabricated to simulate a product sub-system.
	Services		Company evaluates, assesses and/or monitors the services provided by or processes used at a company. Also, suppliers that inspect, test, or certify the end result produced by the services. Evaluation of a companies providing cleaning, equipment installation, repair or remanufacturing, surface preparation or testing services would be examples. Supplier evaluates and/or monitors internal procedures and production processes used within a manufacturing plant.
	Other		Company provides testing or related services at an unlisted or specialized level or form factor.
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	Condition Monitoring		Condition monitoring and machine maintenance services monitor the condition of machines, processes and rotary equipment. Condition monitoring and related services under this category include: ferrography or oil analysis (lubricant testing) alignment, position, balance evaluation and correction, and ultrasonic fault detection. Other preventive machine maintenance services are repairs, part replacements, or lubrication replenishment performed on a regular time based schedule. Condition monitoring and machine maintenance services providers often perform predictive maintenance (PdM) and/or preventive maintenance to maintain reliability, avoid loss of life, and prevent costly, unplanned plant or machine shutdowns.
	Color / Appearance		Company evaluates color or appearance including haze, gloss, Hunter color, CIELAB color, or chroma. CIE stands for "Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage," an international group of color scientists whose standards make it possible to accurately communicate color information. L describes relative luminance, A represents relative redness-greenness and B represents relative yellowness-blueness.
	Corrosion		Company tests corrosion effects and for corrosion resistance. Corrosion is a chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment, which causes deterioration of the material and its properties.
	Dimensional Gaging / Metrology		Company gages dimensional parameters or provides metrology services. Gages or metrology instruments used can include micrometers, plug gages, ring gages, universal gages, CMMs, profilometers, optical comparators, laser micrometers, depth gages, height gages, go-no go gages and well as other mechanical, optical, pneumatic and electronic gages. Gaging may be performed on new component off a production line, prototypes, or for reverse engineering of components. The test can be performed before or after other dynamic or environmental tests.
	Electrical / Electronic Testing		Company offers electrical and electronic testing services including dielectric, conductivity, electrostatic discharge, insulation resistance, resistivity, or high voltage surge.
	Electromagnetic / EMC		Company offers electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing. EMC measures the ability of electrical systems or products to operate without causing electromagnetic interference (EMI) that affects other equipment. EMC also measures resistance to EMI from other equipment or from the environment.
	Flow / Pressure Testing		Pressure and flow testing includes pressurized liquid or gas exposure, hydrostatic burst tests, flow tests and evaluation of thermal (icing) effects on fluid systems. Pressure and flow tests are commonly used to evaluate hydraulic, pneumatic or gas handling equipment.
	Leak / Seal Testing		Company tests packages to ensure integrity against leaks.
	Mechanical / Structural (Statics)		Company provides mechanical and structural testing for stress, strain, load, shear strength, etc.
	NDT / Inspection		Company offers nondestructive testing (NDT) or inspection services.
	Reliability / Robustness		Reliability or robustness measures a system's invulnerability to potentially corrupting influences. This testing is especially important when components in a system fail.
	Safety / Liability		There are two types of electrical safety tests: type tests and routine production tests. Type tests are performed during the approvals process by test houses. Routine production tests are performed at each end of the production line by the manufacturer.
	Thermal Imaging / Thermography		Company uses thermal imaging, thermography or infrared cameras to inspect and identify hot spots, heat leakage or overheating components in buildings and equipment. Thermography can identify an overheating in circuit breakers or load centers and damaged or worn bearings. Thermal imaging is used to located faulty or missing insulation or refractories around furnaces, ovens, building walls or heating ducts, steam lines, and other thermal processing equipment.
	Visual / Video Inspection		Company provide visual or video inspection of components, products, equipment, pipeline, pressure vessels, weld, process lines, machinery installations, and other applications.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted or specialty services.
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	Appliances		Company tests commercial appliances.
	Aerospace / Avionics		Company tests aerospace and avionics products.
	Automotive		Company tests automotive parts or products such as tires, seals, gaskets, etc.
	Building & Construction		Company tests building and construction components, products, equipment, facilities, buildings, installations, repairs and other services.
	Coatings / Paint		Company tests the qualities of coatings and paints.
	Drugs / Pharmaceuticals		Company tests drugs or pharmaceutical products. This includes the testing of commercial and industrial pharmaceutical equipment for production, encapsulation and packaging.
	Electrical Distribution		Company tests electrical power distribution parts and products such as circuit breakers, busbars, switch gears, electrical boxes or enclosures, panel boards, power cords, plugs and receptacles.
	Food & Beverage		Company tests food or beverage products. This includes the testing of commercial and industrial food equipment for preparation, cooking and refrigeration as well as food or beverage products.
	Health Care / Medical		Company tests health care equipment and medical devices.
	HVAC, Plumbing and Lighting		Company tests test plumbing and lighting fixtures, as well as heating, cooling, and ventilation (HVAC) products or equipment.
	Hydraulics / Pneumatics		Company tests hydraulic or pneumatic parts and products such as motors, tools, cylinders, compressors, hose, tubing and fittings.
	Industrial / Machinery		Company tests general industrial equipment and machinery.
	Instrument & Sensors / Laboratory		Company tests instruments, sensors and laboratory equipment.
	Marine		Company tests products that will be used in marine environments.
	Materials		Company tests the strengths and qualities of materials.
	Piping / Pressure Vessels		Company inspects, tests, or evaluates piping, tubing, pressure vessels, reactors, boilers, and other pressurized components and systems.
	RF & Wireless / IT & Telecom		Company tests radio frequency (RF) and wireless products, or information technology (IT) and telecommunications equipment.
	Microelectronics / Electronics		Microelectronics or semiconductor testing includes evaluation of semiconductor wafers, packaged dies or integrated circuits (ICs). Electronics testing includes evaluation of electronic assemblies, passive devices, printed circuit boards (PCBs), power electronics modules, commercial audio/visual (AV) devices and other specialty electronic products.
	Semiconductor / IC Packages		Semiconductor, microelectronic and IC package testing includes testing at the wafer, die or packaged IC level. Semiconductor and IC package testing suppliers often provide wafer sort and packaging services in addition to component evaluation. In the packaging process, fabricated wafers are cut into dies and then "packaged" in a lead frame or other system, which protects the chip and allows interconnection to the electronic circuit on the PCB, module or product. Wafer sort is wafer level testing where the individual dies are tested for defects and then marked before the packaging process. Defective dies are rejected, which avoids unnecessary packaging costs. After the packaging and interconnect is complete, the packaged device may be put through additional functional or burn-in testing often using automated test equipment (ATE).
	Welding & Fabrication		Company tests welded and fabricated part, products, assemblies and equipment.
	Specialty / Other		Other unlisted industry applications.
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