Title: Coupons Effective Date: 7-15-93

DCR No.: 00026

Effective: 10-11-00

Supersedes: New

Revision No.: New

Revision Date: New

Page No.: 1 of 3

1

Purpose

1.1 To establish a standard procedure for the qualification of all Therma polypropylene (PP) bonders.

2

Scope

2.1 This procedure applies to all Therma PP bonders performing the PP bonding procedures, which are described in SOP 5.043.

3

Responsibility

3.1 Quality control inspector (QCI) shall administer this procedure and verify that bonder or bonding operator on the job has satisfied the criteria herein.

3.2 QCI is responsible for ensuring bonder or bonding operator is performing tasks.

4

Procedures

4.1 QCI shall review the customer’s specifications for bonder qualifications.

4.2 QCI shall verify that the bonder is capable to follow an applicable bonding procedure in one of the SOP 5.043.

4.3 QCI shall verify that the bonder has satisfied the criteria and document findings on Form FN 7.028.1 (PP Coupon Log).

4.4 QCI shall issue a certification to the bonder.

4.5 QCI shall enter the bonder’s name, stamp identification, and social security # in the bonder status log.

4.6 If any qualified bonder or bonding operator has not used the specific bonding procedure within the last three months period, he/she must renew his/her qualification as required.

5

Review and Approval

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF THERMA CORPORATION. ALL INFORMATION SHALL (A) BE RETAINED IN CONFIDENCE; (B) NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART; AND (C) NOT BE USED OR INCORPORATED IN ANY PRODUCT EXCEPT UNDER EXPRESSED WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THERMA CORPORATION.

Document Approval

Field Operations Manager

Date

3. 40

Quality Control Manager

Date

/ 00

Engineering Manager

Date

26 / 00

Quality Assurance Manager

Date