The new standard AS 6171 has just been released from SAE. Its full title is, “Test Methods Standard; General Requirements, Suspect/Counterfeit, Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Parts”. This standard is available now from Document Center. You can buy it in either hard copy format or for PDF download. AS 6171 will provide you with a framework for detecting and testing counterfeit parts used in the aerospace industry.
Using counterfeit parts in aerospace manufacturing can pose risks to the quality and safety of your products. Detecting and testing these parts can cause significant reduction in these risks. If you’re a buyer and are concerned about parts bought through sources with unknown supply chains, you need to pick this document up. It will outline for you the steps needed to perform risk assessment, detect counterfeit parts, and test parts of unknown origin.
The AS 6171 standard begins with the usual scope and definitions sections. Part 3 goes over everything you need to know about counterfeit detection and testing but the tests themselves. This includes risk assessment, sampling plans, reporting and analysis, safety and training, and many more. Need specific test descriptions? That’s what section 4 is all about. In this section, individual tests are described, as well as their respective benefits and examples of when they may be used.
This brings us to the AS 6171 “slash sheets”. These are separate, accompanying documents for each test described in the standard. If you need a specification for radiological inspection of parts, you’ll want to pick up AS 6171/5. Want to know more about inspection by acoustic microscopy? You’re looking for AS 6171/6. These are just a couple of the 10 different examination methods described in the AS 6171 standard.
Finally, where do you get these standards? You’ll want to purchase from an authorized distributor like Document Center. We’ve got AS 6171 as well as test methods 1-10 available. Here’s the order page for AS 6171. If you’re looking for other standards, go to www.document-center.com and browse our library.
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