| BENDS SHALL BE VISUALLY AND DIMENSIONALLY INSPECTED ON A SAMPLE BASIS OF 100 PERCENT. |
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| VISUAL INSPECTION SHALL EXAMINE FOR ALL SURFACE CONDITIONS PER MIL-STD-1627C SECTION 5.9.1. |
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| DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION SHALL MEASURE BEND OUT-OF ROUNDNESS AND WALL THICKNESS: OUT-OF-ROUND MEASUREMENTS SHALL BE TAKEN WITH A CALIPER AT MID-BEND. WALL THICKNESS OF THE BACKWALL SHALL BE MEASURED WITH AN ULTRASONIC TESTER AT MID-BEND. |
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| EACH ITEM INSPECTED(SINGLE BEND OR MULTI-BEND PART) SHALL BE MEASURED BY VMM AND/OR CMM FOR BEND ANGLES, ROTATIONS AND RELATIVE POSITIONS OF BENDS, IN TERMS OF L-R-A (LENGTH-ROTATION-ANGLE) AND X-Y-Z DATA. |
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| E) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA: |
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| VISUAL INSPECTION: NO CRACKS OR WRINKLES ALLOWED, ROUND BOTTOMED PITS, GOUGES, SCRATCHES AND TOOLMARKS ALLOWED IF NOT DEEPER THAN THE GREATER OF 0.010-INCH OR 5% NOMINAL WALL THICKNESS. GRADE A UBUCKLES, BULGES, HUMPS, STEPS AND DENTS ALLOWED IF NOT GREATER THAN 3% NOMINAL PIPE DIAMETER AND DISTANCE-TO-HEIGHT RATIO NOT LESS THAN 12.1 (FIGURE 3). FLATNESS SHALL MEET LIMITS OF FIGURE 4. |
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| OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS: AT THE BEND AS A PERCENTAGE OF NOMINAL DIAMETER = $\frac{D(\max)-D(\min)}{D(\max)+D(\min)} \times 200$. LIMITS: 8% MAX. <600-psi, 5% MAX. ≥600-psi WORKING PRESSURE. |
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| WALL THICKNESS: MINIMUM SPECIFIED DESIGN WALL THICKNESS REQUIRED THROUGHOUT PIPE LENGTH. BACKWALL THINNING SHALL NOT EXCEED 25% OF PRE-BENT WALL THICKNESS. MEASUREMENTS BY CALIBRATED ULTRASONIC TESTER SHALL BE TAKEN AT BACKWALL OF BEND AND AT LOCATIONS WHERE DEFECTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. |
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| F) DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS: |
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| RECORDS OF MATERIAL DOCUMENTATION, INCOMING INSPECTIONS, BENDING PROCESS NOTES, INSPECTION DATA, AND POST-BENDING PROCESSES SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE JOB RECORDS. |
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| THE JOB RECORDS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR YEARS AFTER DELIVERY OR THE END OF THE CONTRACT (MINIMUM THREE YEARS). |
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| CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED (CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS) |
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| G) OTHER REQUIREMENTS: |
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