VIGILANCE ANGLE IN

INSPECTION
I.P.RAO
DGM-INSPECTION
SECUNDERABAD
• THE SCOPE OF INSPECTION
• DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM-SHORT CKT
RATING,POLLUTION LEVEL,SET ITEM LIKE
BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• AVAILABILITY OF INSPECTION DOCUMENTS
• TYPE TEST APPROVAL,DRG. APPROVAL,L2
NETWORK, TECH. SPECIFICATION OF EQPT.,GTR
AND SECTION- PROJECT
• WHETHER ALL TYPE TESTS APPLICABLE ARE
APPROVED AND COMMERCIAL CLEARANCE
OBTAINED FROM ENGG.
• VALIDITY OF MQP
• VALIDITY OF VENDOR APPROVAL
• VALIDITY OF BIS LICENSE,IF APPLICABLE
• SAMPLING PLAN AS PER RELEVANT STANDARD
• LOWER CUBE ROOT FOR LAs(10% IS A RULE OF
THUMB)
• NO. OF SAMPLES NEVER TO BE COMPROMISED
AND MAY SERIOUSLY AFFECT QUALITY OF
ACCEPTED LOT.
 SAMPLE SELECTION
• VERIFICATION OF LOT-QUANTITY AND PHYSICAL
CONDITION
• SAMPLES SHOULD REPRESENT THE ENTIRE LOT
• SHOULD NOT CUT CORNERS TO REDUCE
SAMPLING TIME
• SAMPLING MAY TAKE A FEW HOURS WHEN
ITEMS ARE NOT LINED UP PROPERLY OR WHEN
PLACED AT MANY LOCATIONS AROUND THE
FACTORY
• SOMETIMES ONLY PART QTY. IS PACKED
• SOME ARE WAITING FOR PACKING
• SOME AWAITING ASSEMBLY
• ARRANGEMENT OF ITEMS TO FACILITATE
COUNTING-CUBOID OR TRAPEZOIDAL
• PICKING FROM THE TOP OF THE STACK TO BE
AVOIDED
• DEFECTIVE ITEMS MAY BE HIDDEN IN BOTTOM
LAYERS
• SOMETIMES CRANE OR FORKLIFT MAY BE
NEEDED WHICH MAY NOT BE READILY
AVAILABLE EX TOWER PARTS INSPECTION
• SUPERVISION OF SHIFTING OF SAMPLES
FROM PACKING AREA TO PLACE OF
INSPECTION
• SIGNING THE SAMPLES AFTER UNPACKING
• PICKING AGAIN –IF 32 PIECES NEEDED TO BE
PICKED FROM 50 CARTONS EACH CONTAINING 20
PIECES, FOR EXAMPLE,ENERGY METERS, SAMPLES
NEED TO BE PICKED AGAIN FROM TOP AS WELL
AS BOTTOM PART OF CARTONS
• IF ONLY 60% ITEMS ARE PACKED AT THE START OF
INSPECTION,WITH THE PROMISE THAT PACKING
WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE FINISH TIME OF
INSPECTION, THE SAMPLES ARE NOT TRULY
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LOT AND RESULT IS A
FAULTY INSPECTION.
• TO SUMMARISE, SAMPLING PHASE HAS TO BE
GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME AND ATTENTION.
• RANDOMNESS AND INTEGRITY OF THE
SAMPLES ARE REALLY,REALLY IMPORTANT.
• NO. OF SAMPLES IS DEPENDENT ON LOT QTY
AND APPLICABLE MQP/RELEVANT TS/INDIAN
OR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
• TO ASSURE AN ACCEPTABLE QUALITY
LEVEL,SAMPLES HAVE TO BE CHOSEN
DEPENDING ON LOT SIZE,AS PER RELEVANT
TABLES FOR ATTRIBUTE OR VARIABLES
SAMPLING
ACCEPTANCE TESTS AS PER RELEVANT
STANDARDS FOR LOT ACCEPTANCE:
INSPECTOR SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL TESTS
GIVEN IN THE STANDARD ARE CARRIED OUT
USING THE INSTRUMENTS OR TEST SETUP
REFERRED IN THE TS/STANDARDS EX. IP55 TEST
SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONE STANDARD IS
REFERRED IN THE MQP.EX.TEMPERATURE CYCLE
TEST
• INSPECTOR SHOULD VERIFY THE CALIBRATION
OF ALL THE INSTRUMENTS USED TO ENSURE
THAT THEY ARE VALID ON THE INSPECTION
DATE.
• DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS PREFERABLE TO
ANALOG FOR FASTER AND ACCURATE
MEASUREMENT.
• UTM s TO BE COMPUTERISED AND
CALIBRATED IN PRESENCE OF THE INSPECTOR.
• SAMPLE PREPARATION AND CONDITIONING