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Process and Material Specification
PROCESS SPECIFICATION
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Airbus Process Specification
Final Cleaning of hydraulic pipes
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Contents list
Scope
Normative references
Requirements
Process qualification
Appendix
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1 Scope
This Airbus Process Specification defines the requirements for final cleaning and drying of metallic hydraulic
pipes.
The purpose of this specification is to give design and quality requirements to manufacturers of hydraulic
pipe assemblies for AIRBUS aircraft. Although the essential requirements of a process will be described in
detail, the specification does not give complete in-house operating instructions. These shall be given in the
manufacturers supporting work instructions. The details of the successfully qualified process shall be
specified by means of a process instruction.
This specification shall not be used as an inspection document unless parts of assemblies have been
manufactured according to this specification. It shall be applied when required by the relevant standard,
material specification or drawing or the item is identified as pipes of the hydraulic system.
Normative references
This Airbus specification incorporates by dated or undated reference provisions from other publications. All
normative references cited at the appropriate places in the text are listed hereafter. For dated references,
subsequent amendments to or revision of any of these publications apply to this Airbus specification only
when incorporated in it by amendment of revision. For undated references, the latest issue of the publication
referred to shall be applied.
National standards should be applied if airbus standards are not available.
AIMS09-01-000
AIMS09-03-000
AIMS09-03-001
AIMS09-04-000
AIMS09-04-001
AITM6-3002
SAE AS 4059
AIPS03-01-015
AIPS09-01-010
AIPS09-01-003
Pipes of the hydraulic system shall be cleaned before assembly and shall achieve the required cleaned
status. The final process shall conform to the requirements.
3.2
Applicability
This Airbus specification is applicable when invoked by the drawing directly or through another document for
the purpose given in the scope. When processing to AIPS09-01-014 is required, it shall be invoked on the
drawing by the words "Final cleaning and drying of metallic hydraulic pipes of hydraulic systems" according
toAIPS09-01-014.
3.3
Limitations
This process shall follow the pre-cleaning, which can be done according to AIPS09-01-010 or AIPS09-01003. This process shall be used for final cleaning of pipes of hydraulic system. The final cleaning process is
applicable after attachment of sleeves and unions.
The process is limited to cleaning of pipes and fittings installed on the pipes made from aluminium alloy,
stainless steel or titanium.
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Definitions
Pre-cleaning:
Final cleaning:
Last cleaning step to reach the required cleanliness level of parts and assemblies
Drying:
After final cleaning, residues of the cleaner in the pipe shall comply with the limits given
in this specification
Pipes:
Tubes equipped with swaged fittings (union, sleeve and nut). All existing diameters and
part dimensions of pipes (length, diameter)
Cleaning agent:
Analysis solvent
Solvent, which dissolves all residual contamination on the surface; used to evaluate
surface cleanliness by subsequent measurement of particles in the solvent
4 Requirements
4.1
Engineering requirements
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Technical requirements
Quality requirements
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5 Process qualification
5.1
For technical qualification: Refer to AIRBUS qualification procedure for Manufacturing Process.
5.2
Process qualification
5.2.1 General
The general process qualification, the qualification of industrial facilities and Airbus quality assurance are
described in prevailing procedure documents.
The process qualification is given and maintained only on condition that the qualified workshop complies with
the cleaning and inspection documents formally approved by Airbus.
The qualification is limited to a specific issue of any process specification of the developer. Any modification
needs reapproval or re-qualification. Users need to be qualified in accordance with the relevant Airbus quality
requirements. Airbus reserves the right to audit the use of qualified processes to check conformity with the
agreements.
5.2.2 Screening Phase
In the first step a screening of process parameters shall be done. The process parameters shall be recorded
and then defined.
The final cleaning process must be stable and reproducible before the technical qualification procedure is
launched, so that a selected set of process steps and parameters is taken for the qualification. This selected
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set of process steps shall deliver a reproducible cleanliness level of the cleaned pipes and shall comply with
the all requirements, also take respect to corrosion resistance. When the screening is finished a first draft of
the production work instruction shall be issued and the qualification can start.
The general process qualification, the qualification of industrial facilities and quality tasks shall be described
in prevailing procedure documents.
5.2.3 Start of qualification
The process qualification shall be done by qualified and authorized personal.
The process qualification shall be performed using the materials (cleaning agents and hydraulic system
components (material) and cleaning procedures/equipment to be used in serial production. All affected
materials, all surface coatings (galvanic coatings and painting), all kind of parts and assemblies shall be
tested with the cleaning process. The production shop must use its facilities under serial production
conditions during the qualification tests.
The process qualification shall be done with a qualified cleaning agent according to Category III of AIMS 0901-000. The non-aqueous cleaning agents shall be qualified according to AIMS 09-03-000, with aqueous
cleaning agents in accordance with AIMS 09-04-000.
5.3
This chapter provides the details of the standard test program, which shall be taken into account for the
definition of the specific qualification test program (QTP) for the technical qualification of a shop.
The QTP shall show the compliance with the engineering, technical and quality requirements defined in this
AIPS (chapter 4). In addition to the acceptance criteria, specific test requirements are defined as amendment
and/or deviation. This means the qualification test program (QTP) includes the standard qualification test
defined by this AIPS hereinafter (chapter 5.4) as well as any amendment or deviation.
Any change to the cleaning process/cleaning agent shall be submitted for technical assessment to the
appropriate AIRBUS authority, who shall decide whether new verification tests are required.
5.4
Verification during qualification testing of the required performance and quality level
Testing of 50 pipes - at least 6 different types of pipes, implicitly with smallest and biggest diameters with
maximum number of bends.
5.4.1 Cleaning process
It should be ensured that the components especially the surface coating are not damaged during the final
cleaning process.
5.4.2 Cleaning agents
The cleanliness of the cleaning agent shall be verified that it complies with AS 4059 Class 7 or better.
The degree of cleanliness of the cleaning agent should be checked and documented during the qualification.
5.4.3 Purging fluids
The purging fluids shall achieve the requirements of the AS 4059. In order to achieve this requirement, all
purging fluids shall achieve AS4059 Class7.
5.4.4 Analyze solvent
The degree of the cleanliness level of the analyze solvent should be checked and documented.
5.4.5 Cleanliness level of hydraulic pipes
Each surface shall be visual examined. The verification of the cleanliness level according to AS 4059 shall
be done.
An investigation of process parameters with respect to the influence on the achieved levels of cleanliness
shall be done.
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Test results of the qualification test program of the process qualification shall be recorded in a qualification
test report (QTR), which may include results from the sub-contractors.
5.5
The basis of the qualification/approval of a specific process to the AIPS is a detailed test report about all
tests and procedures that have been performed (adding details and values).
Prior to any production cleaning run the complete test report shall be submitted and approved by
Engineering.
The test report has to be established and signed by the developer and its quality assurance department.
The test report shall give at least all the following information:
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