BS 6587:1985

This British Standard describes a method of acceptance inspection based on BS 6001 to be used in order to decide whether a lot of fasteners may be accepted or rejected when no other acceptance procedure has been agreed with the supplier at the time of ordering the fasteners, or when conformance to specification is disputed.

It applies to fully manufactured products only and neither implies, nor includes, any particular in-process control procedure or inspection during production unless otherwise specified in the product standard.

NOTE 1 Procedures for bolts, screws, studs, nuts and other related fasteners intended for high volume machine assembly, for special purpose applications or for specially engineered applications requiring greater in-process controls and lot traceability should be specified at the time of ordering

NOTE 2 Any plating or other process carried out by the user after receipt of the fasteners invalidates the requirements of this standard.

NOTE 3 The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

Establishes methods of acceptance inspection based on BS 6001 to be used in order to decide whether a lot of fasteners may be accepted or rejected when no other acceptance procedure has been agreed at the time of ordering. The procedure may also be applied when conformance to specification is disputed.