MIL-DTL-549L
*3.7 Recycled, recovered, or environmentally preferable materials. Recycled, recovered, or
environmentally preferable materials should be used to the maximum extent possible provided that the
material meets or exceeds the operational and maintenance requirements, and promotes economically
advantageous life cycle costs.
VERIFICATION
4.
4.1 Responsibility for dimensional requirements. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or
purchase order, the contractor is responsible for ensuring that all dimensions specified have been met.
When dimensions cannot be examined on the end item, inspection shall be made at any point, or at all
points in the manufacturing process necessary to ensure compliance with all dimensional requirements.
4.2 Classification of inspections. The inspection requirements specified herein are classified as
follows:
a.
First article inspection (see 4.3).
b.
Conformance inspection (see 4.4).
4.3 First article inspection. When a first article is required (see 6.2) it shall be examined for the
defects listed in 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 and tested as specified in 4.4.5. The presence of any defect or failure
of any test shall be cause for rejection of the first article.
4.4 Conformance inspection. Sampling for inspection shall be as specified in the contract or
purchase order.
*4.4.1 Component testing. In addition to the quality assurance provisions of the subsidiary
documents and drawings, testing shall be performed on components listed in table I for the test
characteristics shown. The lot size shall be expressed in terms of wood (100 blanks). The sample unit
shall be as specified in Table I. The inspection level shall be S-1.
Table I Component tests
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Charac-
Requirement
Test
# determinations/
Results
Sample
teristic
Paragraph
method
sample unit
reported
unit
as
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Moisture
3.2.1
ASTM D 4442 1/
3
Average of
Blank
Content
3 determi-
prior to
nations to
milling
to nearest
0.1%
Slope of
3.2.1
4.5.1
1
Pass or
Blank
grain
fail
prior to
milling
Weight of
3.2.1
4.5.2
1
To near-
One 12
hardwood
est 0.1
inch
3
lb/ft
piece
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1/ Any sample unit of wood having less than 8 or more than 12 % moisture content shall be classified
as defective.
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