1、AMSC N/A FSC 7240 MIL-DTL-43613E 19 MAY 2009 SUPERSEDING MIL-C-43613D 8 December 1993 DETAIL SPECIFICATION CAN, WATER, MILITARY: PLASTIC, 5-GALLON CAPACITY This specification is approved for use by all Departments and Agencies of the Department of Defense. 1. SCOPE 1.1 Scope. This specification cove
2、rs a 5-gallon capacity, rectangular, plastic, military water can with carrying handle. 1.2 Classification. The plastic 5-gallon water containers will be of the following types (see 6.2): Type 1 Tan Type 2 Green 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS 2.1 General. The documents listed in this section are specified i
3、n section 3, 4, or 5 of this standard. This section does not include documents cited in other sections of this standard or recommended for Additional information or as examples. While every effort has been made to ensure the completeness of this list, document users are cautioned that they must meet
4、 all specified requirements of documents 2.2 Government documents. 2.2.1 Specifications, standards and handbooks. The following specifications, standards and handbooks form a part of this document to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of these documents are those cit
5、ed in the solicitation or contract. INCH-POUNDComments, suggestions, or questions on this document should be addressed to Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), ATTN: DSCP-NASA, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5096 or e-mail to dscpg Assembly 2-9-249 - Can, Water, Military, Plastic, 5
6、-Gallon Capacity; Cap Assembly 2-9-285 - Adapter, Assembly and Details (Copies of drawings are available from the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development, and Engineering Center, ATTN: STRNC-UXT, NATICK, MA 01760-5017.) 2.3 Non-government publications. The following documents form a part of this docu
7、ment to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of these documents are those cited in the solicitation or contract. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) ASQ Z1.4 - Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes (Copies of this document are available from www.as
8、q.org or the American Society for Quality, 611 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202.) 2.4 Order of precedence. Unless otherwise noted herein or in the contract, in the event of a conflict between the text of this document and the references cited herein, the text of this document takes precede
9、nce. Nothing in this document, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained 3. REQUIREMENTS 3.1 First articles. When specified (see 6.2), a sample shall be subjected to the first article inspection (see 6.3) in accordance with 4.2. Provided by IHS
10、Not for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-DTL-43613E 33.2 Federal Food and Drug Act certification. Prior to the approval of the first article, if one is submitted, or prior to approval of the first shipment, the contractor shall submit satisfactory eviden
11、ce to the contracting officer or his authorized representative, that the plastic for the water can and the antioxidants, light stabilizers, or other substances incorporated in the plastic proposed to be supplied under this specification meets the requirements of 21 CFR Food and Drugs: Indirect Food
12、Additives: Polymers, Subpart B, Part 177, Chapter I, Title 21, Code for Federal Requirements for Contact with Food. Acceptable evidence of meeting the requirements of this document shall be a certified test report from a recognized independent testing laboratory, acceptable to the Department of the
13、Army Surgeon General. This certification shall be required for all acquisitions without exception. 3.3 Materials. 3.3.1 Polyethylene, high density. The plastic body shall consist of a high density polyethylene copolymer resin conforming to type I, class H of L-P-390 plus a light stabilizer, and requ
14、irements of 3.2 except that the basic resin prior to adding the light stabilizer shall have a density of not less than 0.954 and not more than 0.956, and a melt index of not more than 0.3. 3.3.2 Polyethylene, low density. The complete plastic cap and strap shall be low density virgin polyethylene co
15、nforming to type I, class L of L-P-390 plus a light stabilizer and requirements of 3.2. 3.4 Design and construction. The design and construction of the water container shall be as shown on the drawings specified in 2.2.2 and as specified herein. Silicone-type mold release agents shall not be used wi
16、th polyethylene. Mold release agents which are not active stress-cracking agents for polyethylene shall be used. A certificate of compliance shall be furnished stating that the mold release agents comply with this requirement (see 4.4). A certificate of compliance shall be furnished stating that the
17、 material with the light stabilizers used on the complete cap and body meet the test requirements of 4.5.4 (see 6.4.2). The male and female threads shall be fully formed and free from flash or thread misalignment at the parting line. The finished water can shall not leak when tested as specified in
18、4.5.1. 3.4.1 Body. The body shall be fabricated from the high density polyethylene specified in 3.3.1, and shall consist of a bottom, four sides, and top with handle and a body neck and shall be formed by blow molding to give a one piece construction. The body walls shall be a minimum of 0.100 inch
19、thick, except that the thickness of the four top outside curved surfaces of the handle may be 0.075 inch minimum; however, the 0.075 inch minimum thickness shall not extend over an area greater than 0.25 inch in diameter. The body neck shall have a thickness of not less than 0.151 inch in all areas
20、below the area finished to form the liquid seal. The body walls shall not crack or break when tested as specified in 4.5.2. The upper surface of the body neck that comes in contact with the tapered sealing surface on the inside of the cap to form a seal shall be flat and smooth and may be out of rou
21、nd, in a plane parallel to the top surface of the body neck, provided that the fit or water tightness is not impaired. The interior surface of the body shall be smooth. The interior rounded surface area where the body and the neck join shall have a uniform texture having no rough areas, surface abno
22、rmalities, surface deformations, or surface irregularities. Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-DTL-43613E 43.4.2 Cap. The cap assembly components, except the retaining pin, shall be injection molded and fabricated of the material spe
23、cified in 3.3.2. The retaining pin shall be fabricated from the material specified in 3.3.1 and may be sealed to the breather stud cap using a heating method that does not leave burn marks. The water can cap shall lock in the closed or tightened position by means of a tab on the water can cap assemb
24、ly which is engaged to the raised tab located at the base of the body pouring neck on the body. The breather stud cap shall be secured to the breather stud in the closed or tightened position by means of a retaining pin inserted through both the breather stud and breather stud cap. The breather stud
25、 shall be free and clear of all mold flashes. The caps or cap areas shall not crack or break when the water can is tested in accordance with 4.5.2. The plastic caps shall not crack when tested in accordance with 4.5.3. The upper surface of the cap pouring spout neck, that comes in contact with the t
26、apered sealing surface on the inside of the pouring spout cap to form a seal, shall be flat and smooth and may have an out of roundness in a plane parallel to the top surface of the pouring spout provided that the fit or water tightness is not impaired. 3.5 Color. The through color of the material f
27、or the body, caps, and breather after molding shall approximate color No. 30279 (sand, lusterless) for Type I water cans and color No. 34094 (green, lusterless) for Type II water cans of FED-STD-595. The complete cap and breather shall match the shade of the body. 3.6 Finish. The exterior surface of
28、 the water can and the cap assembly shall have a smooth and lusterless finish throughout. All surfaces shall be free of dirt, dust, and foreign matter inclusion. The finish shall be produced from a die that has cavity surfaces finished in vapor blast, water hone, or similar satin finish, but not by
29、the application of any protective coating, lacquer, or other materials. The inside of the cap assembly, including threaded portion, shall possess a uniformly high luster throughout as imparted by a polished die. 3.7 Marking. The water can shall be permanently marked “Property of the U.S. Government”
30、 and “WATER” by an embossed molded-in process. The water can shall be marked by an embossed molded-in process with the year of manufacture and the contractors name or trademark. The container cap shall be marked with raised characters by an embossed molded-in process with the manufacturers name or t
31、rademark. 3.8 Workmanship. The water can shall be clean, void of plastic shavings, and free from flash, bubbles, cuts, tears, holes, burns, breaks, cracks, pinholes, pins, warpage, blisters, scratches, or any weld marks or sink marks, except that mold parting lines are acceptable. The water can shal
32、l not show any signs of discoloration, surface deterioration, roughness, orange peel, or grease. 4. VERIFICATION 4.1 Classification of inspection. The inspection requirements specified herein are classified as follows: a. First article inspection (see 4.2). b. Conformance inspection (see 4.3). Provi
33、ded by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-DTL-43613E 54.2 First article inspection. When a first article is required (see 3.1 and 6.2), it shall be examined for the defects specified in 4.3.2.1 and the specified dimensions, and tested in accorda
34、nce with 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, and 4.5.4. Failure to pass any test shall be cause for rejection of the first article. The presence of any defect or failure to pass any test shall be cause for rejection of the first article. 4.3 Conformance inspection. Unless otherwise specified, sampling for inspecti
35、on shall be performed in accordance with ASQ Z1.4. 4.3.1 Component and material inspection. Components and materials shall be inspected by the contractor in accordance with all the requirements of referenced documents unless otherwise excluded, amended, modified, or qualified in this specification o
36、r applicable purchase document. 4.3.2 In-process examination. 4.3.2.1 In-process examination. Examination shall be made of the fabrication processes in table I to establish conformance with specified requirements. Whenever noncompliance is noted, correction shall be made to the applicable process an
37、d all items processed. Table I. In-process examination. Requirement Reference paragraph Blow molding of can body 3.4 and 3.4.1 Injection molding 3.4.2 Cavity surfaces of finished die 3.6 4.3.3 End item inspection. The inspection lot shall be all water cans offered for inspection at one time. The sam
38、ple unit shall be one complete water can. 4.3.3.1 End item visual examination. The end items shall be examined for the defects listed in table II. The lot size shall be expressed in units of cans. The sample unit shall be one can. The inspection level shall be II and the acceptable quality limit (AQ
39、L), expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 2.5 for major defects and 6.5 for total (major and minor combined) defects. Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-DTL-43613E 6Table II. End item visual defects. Classificatio
40、n Examine Defect Major Minor Finish Color not as specified. 101 Exterior surface of body, cap, or strap not smooth and not lusterless throughout (except any die parting lines). 102 Inside surface of cap, including threaded portion, not smooth. 201Inside surface of cap, including threaded portion, no
41、t of uniform high luster. 202 Construction and Component missing 103 workmanship Any bubbles, cuts, tears, holes, flash, burns, breaks, (applicable to all cracks, pinholes, pits, warpage, blisters, scratches, assemblies and welds or sink marks, or not clean or smooth. 104 Components) Any discolorati
42、on, surface deterioration or roughness, foreign inclusion, or orange peel. 105 Body Sealing surface of lip is not flat, smooth, and free from sink marks or depressions. 106 Interior of neck opening not smooth. 107 Interior surfaces of the body not smooth. 108 Cap and strap (large Sealing surface in
43、cap is irregular, not smooth, or cap or spout as contains high or low points. 109 applicable) Strap locking tab does not engage with tab on body in closed position. 110 Cap does not screw on body neck or pouring spout. 111 Cap binds when screwed on body neck or pouring spout. 203 Strap does not enga
44、ge in retention groove 204 Breather air vent holes not clear. 112 Threads Threads in caps, body neck, pouring spout, or breather stripped. 113Threads not fully formed, not free from flash, or misaligned at parting line. 114 Marking Missing, incomplete, not legible, not specified type or size, or not
45、 in proper location. 205 4.3.3.2 End item dimensional examination. The end items shall be examined for conformance to the dimensions annotated with an asterisk on drawing 2-9-248. Only those dimensions that can be evaluated without damaging or disassembling the end items shall be examined. Any dimen
46、sion not within the specified tolerance shall be classified as a defect. The lot size shall be expressed in units of cans. The sample unit shall be one can. The inspection level shall be S-2 and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 4.0. 4.3.3.3 End item testing. The end
47、 items shall be tested as specified in 4.5.1, 4.5.2, and 4.5.3 to detect the defects specified in table II. The lot size shall be expressed in units of cans. The sample unit shall be can. The inspection level shall be S-3, and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 2.5. A
48、ny test failure shall be cause for rejection of the lot. Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-MIL-DTL-43613E 74.3.4 Packaging examination. The fully packaged end items shall be examined for the defects listed below. The lot size shall be e
49、xpressed in units of shipping containers. The sample unit shall be one shipping container fully packaged. The inspection level shall be S-2 and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, shall be 4.0. Examine Defect Marking (exterior and interior) Omitted; incorrect; illegible; of improper size, location, sequence, or method of application. Materials Any component missing, damaged, or not as specified. Workmansh
