Appendix A
Purchase Order Quality Clauses

If any of the following item numbers appears on the Purchase Order, it will be a requirement of the Purchase Order.

MI 01 Parts manufactured on this order are from US Castings LLC and do not require material test reports. The US Castings LLC material number (seller received in P. O. contents) shall be identified on Certification of Compliance returned to US Castings LLC.

MI 02 Any nonconformance from the requirements of the drawing specification, delivery or purchase order requirements must be reported with cause and corrective action in writing. All nonconformance shall be documented within shipping documents and individual parts specifically identified as nonconforming.

MI 03 Alteration of material prohibited unless specifically noted in this purchase order.

MI 04 Supplier is authorized to work to the drawing, ADCN's, sketches and specifications sufficient to inspect and/or test material listed on purchase order. If any ADCN's or drawing revision changes the configuration or process of part and are not called out on the purchase order, Seller should notify US Castings LLC immediately for written authorization.

MI 05 Seller will be responsible to a conduct 100% First Article inspection. The supplier must list all dimensions, tolerances and processes by specification number provided by drawing and/or Part List. First Article verification to undimensioned drawing will require overlay of the part to a PCM. Center of lines defining parts as drawn on the PCM is considered nominal. Part acceptance to PCM can be recorded as part profile, leg profile, cap profile, etc.

MI 06 Seller shall implement statistical process controls in accordance with the intent of ISO 9002 section 4.20. Characteristic or characteristics on this part does not require data to be gathered on this operation.

MI 07 Seller shall implement statistical process controls in accordance with the intent of ISO 9002 section 4.20. Characteristic or characteristics will be identified on purchase order. The character or characteristics will require the following action:

1. Documented measurement of key characteristic.
2. Evidence of variation (X Bar and R Chart, histogram)
3. Evidence of corrective action taken if a key characteristic is either not in control or not capable.

MI 08 A preliminary process capability study is required. Supplier is responsible for producing a minimum of 30 pieces inspecting, recording, analyzing and submitting a report.

MI 09 Seller must mark parts with Part Number, Date and Final Inspection Stamp per requirement on P.O.

MI 10 Seller will utilize Boeing Document D1-4426 whenever the manufacturing and inspection process listed in D1-4426 are used in performance of this purchase order or other applicable documents.

MI 11 A Certification of Compliance is to accompany each shipment. The Certificate shall include:

1. Part Number
2. Drawing and Parts List Revision, ADCN Levels.
3. US Castings LLC material number.
4. Applicable Specifications, Revision Levels, Amendments or PSD numbers.

MI 12 By accepting this order, Seller certifies that it will maintain a quality and delivery system adequate the supplies and services that meet the requirements of this purchase order, applicable specifications and/or engineering drawing.

MI 13 Seller shall, prior to beginning work, contact US Castings LLC QA representative to review the requirements, if necessary. This review is intended to develop communications with QA and the seller.

MI 14 All items on this purchase order are to be 100% final inspected or an approved sampling plan. Calibration standards, equipment and gauges used for inspection shall be calibrated and traceable to NIST or equivalent.

MI 15 Seller shall have a process to assure that the governmental and safety constraints on restricted, toxic and hazardous substances are complied with relative to purchased products and the manufacturing process.

MI 16 Materials used must be identified by lot/heat no., material type, specification, revision and traceable to records of acceptance.

MI 17 Buyer and authorized representatives, customer and authorized representatives, or regulatory agencies, reserve the right of access to supplier premises at any point of manufacturing to determine quality of work, records and material. This may be done at all reasonable times and may be used to conduct preliminary inspections and tests of the products and work in progress. Such investigation by buyer, its customers, or regulatory agencies will be performed with the knowledge of and jointly with the supplier.

MI 18 Receiving inspection by US Castings LLC is required.

MI 19 Equipment shall be labeled with:

1. Date of calibration
2. Date of next calibration
3. Identification of individual performing calibration
4. Any limitations

MI 20  Calibrations shall be conducted per ANSI / NCSL Z540-1-1994. Certificates and reports of calibration shall comply with ANSI / NCSL Z540-1-1994 sec. 13. Certifications and reports shall also list item calibration due date.

Temperature uniformity surveys, system accuracy tests and pyrometry checks shall conform with the applicable requirements of the latest issues of AMS 2750 and BAC 5621. Reports of testing shall reference the specification the testing conforms to.

Solution heat treat furnaces shall be surveyed at 1000 degrees F +/- 10 Degrees F and precipitation age ovens shall be surveyed at both 310 degrees F +/- 10 degrees F and 440 degrees F +/- 10 degrees F.

MI 21  All items of this Purchase Order are to be inspected by U.S. Castings, LLC Quality Dimensional Inspection using Form RI-10 per the requirements of QAP 190.

MI 22  Any product found to be non-conforming during the performance of work to the requirements of the purchase order shall be positively identified, segregated and controlled to prevent its unintended use or delivery per the requirements of ISO 9001 and AS 9100.

The U.S. Castings, LLC Purchasing Agent listed on the P.O. is to be contacted to arrange for the product return separate from the accepted work processed.

MI 23 All calibration and pyrometric service certifications rendered on this purchase order must reference the revision level of the supplier procedure used to perform calibrations as well as any revision levels of industry or regulatory procedures and specifications as applicable.