AIA/NAS 979-2013 pdf download UNIFORM CUTTING TESTS – NAS SERIES METAL CUTTING EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS
1.0 SCOPE
PURPOSE:
THIS SPECIFICATION PROVIDES A STANDARD FOR THE SELECTION OF CUTTINGTESTS REQUIRED TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF CONVENTIONAL ANDNUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOLS NOTED IN PARAGRAPH 1.2EXCLUDING DRILLING AND TURNING MACHINES，AND TO PROVIDE ASTANDARD FORMAT FOR RECORDING AND REPORTING ACTUAL PERFORMANCERESULTS .
1.2 CLASSIFICATION:
THE MACHINES APPLICABLE TO THIS SPECIFICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED INONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES :
1.2.1 MANUALLY CONTROLLED AND/OR TEMPLATE TRACING MACHINES，HIGH SPEED，LOWSPEED，OR FULL RANGE，INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1.2.1.1MILLING MACHINES – KNEE OR BED TYPE – HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SPINDLES
1.2.1.2MANUALLY OPERATED – HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BORING，DRILLING，ANDMILLING MACHINES
1.2.13 MILLING MACHINES – HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PROFILING AND CONTOURING
1.2.2 NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINES，HIGH SPEED，LOW SPEED，OR FULL RANGEINCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1.2.2.1AUTOMATIC HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BORING，DRILLING，AND MILLINGMACHINES
1.2.2.2MILLING MACHINES – NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED PROFILING，CONTOURINGAND STRAIGHT CUT
1.2.2.3MILLING MACHINES – MULTI-AXIS，TRAVELING GANTRYTABLE
INTENDED USE:
THE CUTTING TESTS DESCRIBED BY THIS SPECIFICATION ARE INTENDED FORUSE IN EVALUATING MACHINES PROCURED FOR THE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURINGINDUSTRY。 AT TIME OF BID REQUEST，THE CUSTOMER SHALL SELECT ANDSPECIFY APPLICABLE TESTS，OPTIONS ，AND DEVIATIONS
2.0APPLICABLE SPECIFICATIONS
THE DETAILED REQUIREMENTS SELECTED FROM THIS SPECIFICATION SHALL BE AS DEFINEDIN TABLE II OF NAS SPECIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE MACHINES REFERRED TO IN
SECTION 1.2.
REQUIREMENTS
THE MANUFACTURER SHALL BE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO PERFORM ANDEVALUATE THE CUTTING TESTS SPECIFIED BY THE CUSTOMER PER DETAILS ANDDESCRIPTIVE DRAWINGS。 THESE TESTS SHALL BE USED TO EVALUATE THEFUNCTIONAL ACCURACY AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF THE MACHINE UNDER ACTUALCUTTING CONDITIONS TO THE REQUIRED DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES ASSPECIFIED ON THE TEST SHEETS。
ALL INSPECTION SHEETS ，LISTING THE TEST RESULTS,，CERTIFIED BYAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL，SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE CUSTOMER TO DETERMINETHE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MACHINE FOR SHIPMENT
DATA ON THE INSPECTION SHEET SHALL BE WRITTEN IN THE SAME FORM ASPRESENTED IN THE TEST DETAIL SECTION 4.3
4.0 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE
4.1 CLASSIFICATION OF TESTS:
EACH MACHINE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO THE CUTTING TESTS SELECTED BY THECUSTOMER IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SPECIFICATIONDEVIATIONS MUST HAVE CUSTOMER APPROVAL PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE TESTING
4.2 TEST CONDITIONS
EACH MACHINE SHALL BE TESTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS UNLESSAPPROVED DEVIATION IS OBTAINED FROM THE CUSTOMER
AT MANUFACTURER’S PLANT BY MANUFACTURER WITH VERIFIED AND CERTIFIEDTEST RESULTS FURNISHED TO CUSTOMER.
AT MANUFACTURERS PLANT，ACCOMPLISHED BY THE MANUFACTURER ANDWITNESSED BY THE CUSTOMER。