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ISO 3951-1:2013

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Sampling procedures for inspection by variables — Part 1: Specification for single sampling plans indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection for a single quality characteristic and a single AQL

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English, French

Published date

27-08-2013

Withdrawn date

09-04-2025

Superseded by

ISO 3951-1:2022

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Summarise this standard

ISO 3951-1:2013 specifies an acceptance sampling system of single sampling plans for inspection by variables. It is indexed in terms of the acceptance quality limit (AQL) and is designed for users who have simple requirements. (A more comprehensive and technical treatment is given in ISO 3951-2.) ISO 3951-1:2013 is complementary to ISO 2859-1.

The objectives of the methods laid down in ISO 3951-1:2013 are to ensure that lots of acceptable quality have a high probability of acceptance and that the probability of not accepting inferior lots is as high as practicable. This is achieved by means of the switching rules, which provide the following:

  • an automatic protection to the consumer (by means of a switch to tightened inspection or discontinuation of sampling inspection) should a deterioration in quality be detected;
  • an incentive (at the discretion of the responsible authority) to reduce inspection costs (by means of a switch to a smaller sample size) should consistently good quality be achieved.

In ISO 3951-1:2013, the acceptability of a lot is implicitly determined from an estimate of the percentage of nonconforming items in the process, based on a random sample of items from the lot.

ISO 3951-1:2013 is intended for application to a continuing series of lots of discrete products all supplied by one producer using one production process. If there are different producers or production processes, ISO 3951-1:2013 is applied to each one separately.

ISO 3951-1:2013 is intended for application to a single quality characteristic that is measurable on a continuous scale. For two or more such quality characteristics, see ISO 3951-2.

Committee
ISO/TC 69/SC 5
DevelopmentNote
Together with ISO 3951-2 supersedes ISO 3951 (04/2006) Supersedes ISO/DIS 3951-1. (08/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
93
ProductNote
THIS STANDARD ALSO REFER-ISO 16269-3 THIS STANDARD HAVE CORRECT VERSION FOR EN AND FR-2016
PublisherName
International Organization for Standardization
Status
Withdrawn
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
BS ISO 3951-1:2013 Identical
NF ISO 3951-1 : 2014 Identical
GOST R ISO 3951-1 : 2007 Identical
UNE-ISO 3951-1:2012 Identical
DIN ISO 3951-1:2016-06 Identical
NBN ISO 3951-1 : 2005 Identical
NEN ISO 3951-1 : 2005 Identical

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