Acceptance Sampling Standards

Military Standards

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MIL-STD-1916 (1996)

DOD Preferred Methods for Acceptance of Product

To download MIL-STD-1916 in pdf format, click here: (169 KB).

MIL-HDBK-1916 (1999)

Companion Document to MIL-STD-1916

To download MIL-HDBK-1916 in pdf format, click here: (1473 KB).

MIL-STD-105E (1989)

Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes

Cancelled by NOT 1 dated 27 FEB 95. Future acquisitions should refer to acceptable NGS on sampling procedures and tables for inspection by attributes, such as ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993.

To download MIL-STD-105E in pdf format, click here: (3366 KB).

To download NOT 1 in pdf format, click here: (41 KB).

MIL-STD-414 (1968)

Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables for Percent Nonconforming

Cancelled by NOT 2 dated 2 FEB 99. Future acquisitions should refer to acceptable non-Government standard on sampling procedures and tables for inspection by variables for percent defective such as ANSI/ASQC Z1.9-1993.

To download MIL-STD-414 in pdf format, click here: (5503 KB).

To download NOT 2 in pdf format, click here: (12 KB).

MIL-STD-690C (1974)

Failure Rate Sampling Plans and Procedures

To download MIL-STD-690C in pdf format, click here: (1983 KB).

To download MIL-STD-690C Change Notice 1 in pdf format, click here: (16 KB).

MIL-HDBK-108 (1960)

Quality Control and Reliability - Sampling Procedures and tables for Life and Reliability Testing (Based on Exponential Distribution)

To download MIL-HDBK-108 in pdf format, click here: (6238 KB).

MIL-STD-1235C (1974)

Single and Multi-Level Continuous Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes

Cancelled by MIL-STD-1235C NOT 1.

To download MIL-STD-1235C in pdf format, click here: (20,950 KB).

To download NOT 1 in pdf format, click here: (19 KB).

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

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ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993

Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes

ANSI/ASQC Z1.9-1993

Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables for Percent Nonconforming

ANSI/ASQC Q3-1988

Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection of Isolated Lots by Attributes

ANSI/ASQC S1-1987 (R1995)

An Attribute Skip-Lot Sampling Program

ANSI/ASQC S2-1995

Introduction to Attribute Sampling

ANSI/EIA 584-1991

Zero Acceptance Number Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes of a Continuous Manufacturing Process

ANSI/EIA 585-1991

Acceptance Number Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes of Isolated Lots

ISO - International Standards Organization

ISO 2859-0:1995

Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes -- Part 0: Introduction to the ISO 2859 attribute sampling system

ISO 2859-1:1999

Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes -- Part 1: Sampling plans indexed by acceptable quality level (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection

ISO 2859-2:1985

Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes -- Part 2: Sampling plans indexed by limiting quality (LQ) for isolated lot inspection

ISO/DIS 2859-4

Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes -- Part 4: Sampling plans for assessment of conformity to stated quality levels

ISO 2859-3:1991

Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes -- Part 3: Skip-lot sampling procedures

ISO 3951:1989

Sampling procedures and charts for inspection by variables for percent nonconforming

ISO 7966:1993

Acceptance control charts

ISO 8422:1991

Sequential sampling plans for inspection by attributes

ISO 8423:1991

Sequential sampling plans for inspection by variables for percent nonconforming (known standard deviation)

ISO/TR 8550:1994

Guide for the selection of an acceptance sampling system, scheme or plan for inspection of discrete items in lots

ISO/DIS 10725

Acceptance sampling plans and procedures for the inspection of bulk materials

Statistical methods for quality control (2 volumes) (Handbook)

Volume 1: Terminology and symbols; acceptance sampling
1995, Ed. 4, 492 p., price group XB, ISBN 92-67-10211-7

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