Ziggy,
#1- Only noncompliance with IAS AC472. We were not having a product nonconformance, we were not compliant with IAS AC472 8.1.6
#2-Costs involved with this would only be recertification/renewal of IAS certification if it were suspended or revoked due to noncompliace. Product was not really effected.
#3-Again, this was not because we were having problems with the product not conforming to spec's, we were not in compliance with IAS.
So to put it in simple terms, IMHO, this was a hoop we had to jump through for IAS, and I only wanted to have to jump through it one time. However I do feel that it is a neccessary process, as our welders, just like any shop, are a little rough on tools they do not purchase themselves. Also combine this with the fact that the tool room attendants do not just hand out new equipment with the greatest of ease, and the shouldn't. LOL Now there is a clear cut process for determining when a tool needs to be replaced.
jrw159 :-)