Lots.

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chemical requirements of established specifications and

drawings (this includes renovated, reworked, and

Glass, ceramic, solid carbon, etc.

Stage I (Defect Code 96A) Small cracks or

reconditioned lots).

(d) Miscellaneous lot. A combination of a

crazed (crackled surface).

Stage II (Defect Code 96B).

single manufacturer's small lots or lot fragments

Spalling

possessing the same technical history.

(chipped) or fractured (broken, major cracks, or splits) to

(e) Mixed lot. A combination of the same kind

an extent where fit, function, or life has been affected.

(5) Inspection (Type of).

and type of materiel for which identification of the

manufacturer, the lot number, or the time of manufacture

(a) Cyclical Inspection (CI). Surveillance of

is incomplete.

material in storage performed on a regular basis. In this

(7) Occurrence basis. An inspection, without a

bulletin, the cycle is established in APPENDIX B by the

predetermined time frame, that is performed as the need

inspection frequency code in concert with type of storage

occurs, e.g., initial receipt inspection (IRI) is performed

and packing (see paragraph 2-6e). The purpose is to

when the shipment arrives.

determine the serviceability status of items at the end of

(8) Serviceable. The condition of an item that has

each cycle.

(b) Initial Receipt Inspection (IRI).

been determined by inspection to be satisfactory and

safe for its intended use.

inspection performed on newly manufactured materiel

(9) Shelf-life item. An item of supply possessing

received directly from a vendor, manufacturer, or

deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree

government activity. The purpose is to determine if the

that a storage time period must be assigned to assure

items, the packing, or the preservation have been

that it will perform satisfactorily in service. There are two

damaged in transit and whether the packaging, packing,

types of shelf-life items defined by AR 700-89 as:

marking, and preservation are correct. This inspection is

(a) Type I shelf-life item. An item of supply

not intended as an acceptance-type inspection.

Inspection

(PII).

The

that is determined, through an evaluation of technical

test data or actual experience, to be an item with a

inspections and tests on materiel immediately preceding

definite non-extendable shelf life, or an item of supply

issue.

(d) Prestorage Inspection (PSI).

wherein the extendable period is unknown.

Upon

notification of the Inventory Control Point (ICP) of the

inspection performed on materiel received from other

items shelf-life status guidance is to be provided by the

depots, posts, camps, stations, or overseas returns

ICP as to its disposition.

received within CONUS. The purpose is to determine

(b) Type II shelf-life item. An item of supply

receipt condition and the current degree of serviceability

having an assigned shelf life, where the shelf life may be

of the items when serviceability status is unknown.

(e) Special Inspection (SPI). An inspection

extended after the completion of a prescribed inspection,

a test, or a restorative action.

performed at the direction of higher headquarters or as

(10) Storage Serviceability Standards (SSS).

deemed necessary to satisfy local installation

Technical documents containing inspection instructions

requirements.

(f) Unit Basis Inspection (UBI). An inspection

and criteria essential to determine serviceability of

materiel in storage.

where each unit in the lot is inspected for the defect

(11) Unserviceable. The condition of an item that

characteristic under consideration.

The unit basis

has been determined by inspection to be unsatisfactory

method is also used for serially-numbered major end

or unsafe for its intended use.

items that are considered separately for surveillance

(12) Qualified inspector. An individual who has

purposes.

(6) Lots.

been certified as a qualified inspector by Commander,

(a) Depot lot.

US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical

A combination of lots,

Command, ATTN: DRSMC-QAG (weapons), DRSMC-

irrespective of manufacturer or age, of the same kind

QAF (R) (fire control), DRSMC-QAF-C (R) (chemical) or

and type of materiel grouped into one large single lot for

DRSMC-QAS (R) (ammunition), Rock Island, IL 61299.

the purpose of economy in surveillance.

(b) Grand lot. All lots of the same kind and

type of materiel from one manufacturer or reconditioning

1-4. Errors or Omissions.

Forward comments

agency grouped into one large lot for the purpose of

regarding errors or omissions in this bulletin on DA

economy in surveillance.

item of materiel manufactured or assembled in one plant,

from raw materials or components of the same physical

characteristics, under uniform conditions designed to

effect homogeneity, and meeting definite physical and

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