Quality Assurance

We work diligently to ensure the quality of your project

Our Quality Assurance team at Fairchild Auto-Mated Parts is responsible for controlling and implementing a rigorous quality management system backed by industry-leading standards to ensure that every material, process and person involved in your project ensures quality excellence. Our Quality Management System is ISO9001:2015 certified. Our team leverages high-end inspection equipment to verify tolerances are met:

S-T Industries video inspection system
Keyence image dimension measuring system
Mitutoyo Surftest 211 surface roughness tester
Rockwell hardness testers

Quality Policy

Fairchild Auto-Mated Parts is committed to the continuous improvement of its Quality Management System and complete customer satisfaction, as specifically defined by achieving:

1. Product that is manufactured securely within the customer’s specified tolerances

2. Deliveries that meet or exceed the customer’s expectations

3. Personal attention to all communications with the customer

Our continuing commitment to quality, delivery reliability, and innovation has won the respect and appreciation of hundreds of our customers. We invite you to contact our engineers for help with your current manufacturing needs.

Quality Assurance is engrained in every step

Raw Material

We work with approved material suppliers and always require certifications to ensure your parts of the highest quality. We return any material that doesn’t meet our standards.

First Piece & In-Process Inspection

After every operation, your parts go through the quality department for a thorough inspection. They inspect a statistically significant sample of parts against each dimension to ensure tolerances are met.

First Article Inspection

Upon request, we provide a First Article Inspection Report along with a 6-piece sample for your review prior to the entire lot being run. This inspection is to your drawing so that your quality engineers can ensure the piece meets expectations.

External Testing

If any special testing is needed (e.g., hardness, lab sampling, FPI) we send the parts out to an approved vendor.

Certifications

We provide a certificate of conformance upon request and require any vendor to do the same.

Packaging

We package your parts with care, accommodating any special requests to ensure your parts arrive safely.

ISO9001:2015

Our Quality Management System has been ISO9001:2015 certified since 2000

ISO9001:2015 (International Organization for Standardization) specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:

a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and

b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

View our ISO certification

We are working towards further certifications

AS9100D: Anticipated May 2024
ITAR compliance: Completion date TBD

Our Supplier Network

We have spent years selecting and vetting material suppliers and finishing vendors to address all of your parts requirements. We collaborate closely with our partners to ensure your specifications are met and lead times are minimized. Further, our suppliers provide certifications upon request giving you further peace of mind.

Outside services include but are not limited to:

Plating and passivating	Laser marking
Heat treating	Brazing
Grinding	Testing
Broaching	Particle Inspecting

Our approved suppliers are compliant with the these regulations:

NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program)
RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals)
DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement)
ITAR Compliant (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)
ISO9001:2015

If you require another type of compliance, please contact us and we can work to identify a new vendor.