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Precision parts manufacturing, Part 3: quality and inspection

The production quality system, first article inspection, measurement, statistical process control, NDT, nonconformance, counterfeit parts and release, under EASA Part 21, 14 CFR Part 21 and the AS9100 family

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Managing it · 45 minutes · 24 narrated pages

  1. Part 1 · Basics

    Precision parts manufacturing, Part 1: materials and machining

  2. Part 2 · In practice

    Precision parts manufacturing, Part 2: special processes

  3. Part 3 · Managing it

    Precision parts manufacturing, Part 3: quality and inspectionYou are here

  4. Part 4 · What's next

    Precision parts manufacturing, Part 4: winning and running supply contracts

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What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Explain what EASA Part 21 Subpart G and 14 CFR 21.137 require of a production quality system, and what a Form 1 or Form 8130-3 release certifies.
  • ✓ Plan and record a first article inspection under AS9102, and control key characteristics through PFMEA and a control plan as AS9145 expects.
  • ✓ Judge whether a measurement is fit for its decision, using calibration traceability, measurement uncertainty and a gauge R&R study.
  • ✓ Calculate and interpret Cp and Cpk and use control charts and reaction plans to keep a process capable.
  • ✓ Select suitable non-destructive testing methods, explain NDT personnel qualification and FOD prevention, and apply the lessons of Delta Air Lines Flight 1288.
  • ✓ Disposition nonconforming parts with the right authority, respond to suspected unapproved parts, and contain and solve quality escapes.

Course content

Session 1 · The production quality system and release

1.1

  1. Why a manufacturer needs a quality system · free preview
  2. AS9100D, AS13100 and planning for quality
  3. Release documents: EASA Form 1 and FAA Form 8130-3
  4. Worked example: building a release pack
Session 2 · First article inspection and key characteristics

1.2

  1. What first article inspection proves
  2. Ballooning and counting characteristics
  3. Key characteristics, PFMEA and the control plan
  4. Worked example: counting the balloons
Session 3 · Measurement you can trust

1.3

  1. Measuring equipment and calibration traceability
  2. Measurement uncertainty and decision rules
  3. Measurement systems analysis and gauge R&R
  4. Worked example: a gauge R&R decision
Session 4 · Statistical process control

1.4

  1. Variation and control charts
  2. Capability: Cp and Cpk
  3. Control, capability and reaction plans
  4. Worked example: a Cpk decision
Session 5 · Non-destructive testing and foreign object prevention

1.5

  1. Non-destructive testing methods
  2. NDT personnel and process control
  3. Foreign object debris prevention
  4. From the investigation file: Delta Air Lines Flight 1288
Session 6 · Nonconformance, counterfeits and escapes

1.6

  1. Nonconforming product and the material review board
  2. Counterfeit and suspected unapproved parts
  3. Escapes and root cause
  4. Worked example: a material review board disposition

Who this course is for

  • Quality engineers planning first article inspection and control plans
  • Inspectors judging measurement uncertainty and gauge R&R results
  • Production managers containing quality escapes and dispositioning nonconforming parts

You need: Precision parts manufacturing, Part 2: special processes, or quality experience in manufacturing.

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