OK, thank you for the definitions and the more precise language. Can anyone comment on the question of allowing reworks to go undocumented in small companies? Any experiences with that?
Good day @malasuerte ;
I respectfully disagree with your posted statement. Per the helpful attachment provided by @Miner and also the 9000 excerpt I have included here, (attached) repair DIFFERS from rework specifically for the reason that repair ONLY causes the product to be "...acceptable for the intended use" . Not "...back to spec" as you stated.
Hope this helps.
Be well.
Repair is usually a design change (unless the repair spec if already part of the design).
Rework is taking the product back to conformity with the spec.
OK, thank you for the definitions and the more precise language. Can anyone comment on the question of allowing reworks to go undocumented in small companies? Any experiences with that?
Sorry - this is incorrect. Repair is NOT a design change at all. A repair can be a weld to bring two broken pieces together.
Good call - I can agree with that. Just know, as in my industry, the repair needs to bring it back to spec - this is both our customer and internal requirement. Logic being - "acceptable for intended use" cannot happen if it is not within "spec". At least for us. The customer will not accept it if we say it is OOS, but acceptable for the intended use.
Such a weld that would be designed and specified so the welded whole fulfills it’s purpose.
And that would definitely represent a departure from the original design. A weldment can lead to defects such as cracks, corrosion, deformation, etc....A repair can be a weld to bring two broken pieces together.