The chief inspector will issue all company owned inspection equipment that is removed from the inspection area. A "gauge location" form to show when received and location to be used must be signed by the person receiving the gauge. All gauges must be returned to the inspection area at the end of each shift.

All inspection equipment will be checked and calibrated at the interval shown on the gauge calibration card. This equipment includes employee owned micrometers and other employee-owned equipment, which may have a direct relationship to the quality of products. The gauges will be checked and calibrated with a master gauge block set. The master gauge block set will be checked and certified traceable to the National Bureau of Standards by an outside testing laboratory.

Process Inspection

In-Process inspection shall determine that all production parts, components and sub assemblies, manufactured, serviced or repaired within the company, conform to the customer specifications before the material or parts are accepted for continued operations.

Fabrication department personnel are required to inspect a sufficient quantity of parts at the beginning of a production run to determine that the setup is proper to insure quality the inspector then initials the print or completes an inspection report.
The Fabrication department member may then proceed with production sampling parts as needed to control quality.

Some subassemblies require inspection on the coordinate measuring machine to determine hole locations, pocket depths, radius sizes, flatness call on multiple surfaces. This is the most efficient way to measure and check parts with many dimensions and multiple parts.

Also, it can be typical that a machine built in assembly makes piece parts during setup; sample parts will then be checked for consistency and quality.

Purchase parts with no prints will be inspected to determine sizes before proceeding with work or modification.

Final Fabrication Inspection
It is the duty of the final inspector to carefully inspect all parts before shipment. It shall be their duty to fill out completely the final inspection checklist.

No item on the final inspection checklist shall be marked "OK" until the final inspector is completely satisfied that it meets customer prints and specifications.

The final inspector will not sign the final inspection checklist until all items have been checked. They will then fill out and attach a green accepted material tag to the parts of container before being moved to the shipping area.

If any item on the checklist is found to be defective, the defect will be noted on the checklist and a red rejected material tag will then be attached. The parts will then be stored in a separate area while a determination is being made as to the disposition of such parts (rework, scrap, use as is, or remake).

When a part produced in the shop is found to be defective or not to required specifications, the cause will then determine if the machine operator is responsible for the non-conformance. The person will then be contacted and written corrective action will be filled out and turned in to the supervisor.