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Government of India
Ministry of Railways

QMS-40:2009
(Revision 0)

Schedule of Infrastructure requirements for


manufacturing & testing facilities and quality
control requirements
For
Acetal Guide Bush & Guide Ring
(Specn. No. C-8215 Rev.II)

Inspection & Liaison Directorate


Research Designs & Standards Organisation
Manak Nagar Lucknow – 226011

MARCH’2009 (Price Rs. 300/-)


1.0 SCOPE

1.1 The schedule of technical requirements covers the norms for manufacture of Acetal
Guide Bush & Guide Ring.

2.0 GENERAL & MANUFACTURING FACILITIES

The vendors seeking approval shall comply with all the under mentioned
requirements.

2.1 Manufacturers should have adequate covered space for storage of raw material and
finished products. Stores should be kept on wooden pallets and there should be a
display board for different types of raw material and finished products.

3.0 MACHINERY AND PLANT

3.1 Minimum 1 No. of fully automatic Programmable Logic Control based screw type
injection moulding machine of 700 grams capacity should be available.

3.2 Suitable arrangement for pre-drying the material should be available.

3.3 Water cooling arrangement by controlling the temperature at hydraulic oil and moulds
should be available.

3.4 Electrical hoist/manual block & tackle for mounting and dismounting of moulds
should be available.

3.5 Suitably designed dies & moulds for products (minimum 1 no. for each Drawing No.
SK-84102 & SK-84092) should be available.

3.6 Deflashing tools of suitable design should be available.

3.7 Minimum infrastructure for maintenance and polishing of dies and moulds should be
available in-house.

3.8 At least one center lathe should be available.

3.9 At least one drilling machine should be available.

3.10 Minimum one oven/dry chamber should be available.

4.0 TESTING FACILITIES

The firm must possess a fully equipped lab with controlled atmosphere i.e. temperature
23+1oC and relative humidity of 65+5%. Lab should have the following facilities with
calibration arrangement in-house or from outside agencies of repute:

4.1 Minimum one tensile testing machine should be available.

4.2 Minimum one Rockwell Hardness testing machine should be available.

4.3 Minimum one electronic balance should be available.

4.4 Minimum one IZOD impact-testing machine should be available.

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4.5 Minimum one No. Melt flow index tester with time and temperature controller should
be available.

4.6 Minimum one compression testing machine should be available as per ASTM-D695-
91.

Note : All the test equipments and temperature controllers should be calibrated at
least once every year.

5. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
For dimensional checking, firm should possess the following instruments with
calibration arrangement.

5.1 Minimum one Digital Vernier Caliper 0-150 mm should be available.

5.2 Minimum one bore gauge should be available.

6. GAUGES
After machining, guide bushes to be checked visually and dimensionally using
gauges.

7. QUALITY CONTROL REQUIREMENTS

7.1 There should be a system to ensure the traceability of the product from raw material
stage to finished product stage. This system should also facilitate to identify the raw
material composition from the finish product stage.

7.2 The vendor seeking approval must ensure that there is a QAP for the product
detailing various aspects:

- Organisational Chart
- Flow Process Chart
- Stage Inspection Details
- Various parameters and how to ensure control over them
- Disposal of non-conforming products.
The QAP shall be available as per the requirements detailed in “Vendor approval
guidelines & application form” – IL-03: 2002.

7.3 There should be atleast one full time technologist having a minimum bachelor’s
degree in relevant field & 5 years experience or a person with diploma in relevant
field with 12 years experience. He should be free from day-to-day production, testing
and quality control responsibilities. He should be mainly responsible for development
of a product, analysis of products, control over raw material, and corrective action in
case of difficulties in achieving the parameters.

7.4 The firm should have acquired ISO: 9001: 2000 series certification and the product
for which an approval is sought should be broadly covered in the scope of the
certification for manufacture and supply.

7.5 The Quality Manual of the firm for should clearly indicate at any stage the control
over manufacturing and testing of the said Railway product.

7.6 The firm seeking approval must be in possession of all the latest relevant
specifications, IS Standards and drawings.
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