QP43.1 (05/09/2007) Traceability - MS Fasteners (Zinc)

Grade 5/Grade 8 hex head and socket head fasteners with equivalent Grade 5 and Grade 8 chemistry shall be purchased directly from manufacturers approved by GDLS. Approved manufacturers must supply fasteners of their own manufacture and are not allowed to procure or supply fasteners from any other approved North American manufacturer for subsequent sale to General Dynamics.

Fastener supplier shall furnish a certification with each shipment that documents the actual material chemistry, core hardness, or tensile strength (per table I or SAE J-429 for hex head or section e of FF-S-86E for socket head fasteners) and plating requirements outlined in specified in the Purchase Order. The laboratory test sampling size shall be performed in accordance with section 7.3 of SAE J-429.

Subsequent lot shipments covered under this purchase order will be accepted with a copy of the original laboratory results provided the fasteners originated from the initial raw material production run.