| QUALITY ASSURANCE MANUAL 
  5.0 ENGINEERING/BLUEPRINT CONTROL
 
 
  5.1 When deemed necessary the Engineering Department shall be consulted to assure that
	    parts or product drawings are of an acceptable industry standard level, necessary to
	    complete a sales order based on a specific customer contract.
 
  5.2 Any special and pertinent information necessary to the manufacture of a customer part
	    or product, such as special processes, dimensional requirements, special materials or
	    specific blueprint requirements will be kept as a matter of record in the Production
	    Planning Office. Thus, the Planning Department issues any specific drawings or
	    specifications control.
 
  5.3 In conjunction with the Engineering Department, the Production Planning Office will be
	    responsible for the issuance and maintenance of up-to-date drawings and specifications and
	    other engineering data to all applicable departments or authorized personnel upon request.
 
  5.4 All obsolete manufacturing data is returned to the Production Planning Office and
	    destroyed.
 
  5.5 When drawings are revised, they shall be stamped and dated as such, prior to release
	    to any other department, thus signifying an up-to-date print.
 
  5.6 No one is allowed to use any print not clearly legible or with hand written changes or
	    notes unless prior approval is received from the customer or customer representative.
 
  5.7 It shall be the responsibility of the Quality Control and Production Planning
	    Departments to insure that all manufacturing data is kept clean and legible and are of
	    uniform and acceptable industry standard.
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