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Enemy Ace wrote:A part stamped "Salvage" would have been rejected upon initial inspection by the QA (Quality Assurance) department. It would have been deemed useable after being reworked to a proper dimension/ having a missing part added etc, as opposed to being unable to be made usable (Scrap).
Not an uncommon occurence at all especially when using subcontractor supplied parts.
Where I used to work doing component overhaul we also would have assemblies torn down upon arrival and if certain parts could be reworked and used they were "Salvage" parts.
In a wartime environment it's also certain that suppliers would have had a hard time keeping up with specification revisions, etc. and would deliver parts that were contracted for, but would then need to be reworked to meet the latest specs.
Our QA department had little rubber stamps that they would use to mark the parts with, then bin them and send to the correct department for rework. Unsalvageable parts were damaged beyond repair by cutting through them with a band saw and placing them in a scrap bin.
At least that's how it worked when I did JT-8 and RB-211 overhauls. Your experiences may vary.
Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:08 pm
RAMC181 wrote:Thanks for the info so far guys.
Here's a quick-and-nasty CAD image of the piece with dimensions that may be of use:
All the best,
Paul
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