UL 9595 2020 pdf download – Factory Follow-Up on Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs).
3.7 CRITICAL DIMENSIONS – Those dimensions identified in the Follow-Up Document that directly affect the performance characteristics of the product. 3.8 FACTORY – The physical location where production, complete or partial, of Certified product takes place. 3.9 FOLLOW-UP DOCUMENT – A document describing the Certified product and essential elements of the Follow-Up Program, prepared by the Certification Body and utilized by the Applicant and/or Factory and/or Inspection Body while the Certification is in effect. 3.10 FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM – The sampling, inspections, tests, or other measures taken by the Applicant and/or Factory and supplemented by the Certification and/or Inspection Body as a check on the means that the Applicant and/or Factory exercises to determine compliance of Certified products with the requirements. Such activities are generally conducted at a Factory or off-site location where related activities occur. Examination and testing may also be conducted by the Certification and/or Inspection Body on samples selected from the factory. 3.11 INITIAL PRODUCTION INSPECTION (IPI) – Inspection of the first production run of a representative product type to ensure that Applicant and/or Factory of a product are producing the product in accordance with the requirements in the Follow-Up Document. 3.12 INSPECTION BODY – A body that validates that the Applicant and/or Factory has performed all necessary examinations, tests and inspections to determine compliance of the Certified product with the requirements specified in the Follow-Up Document. 3.13 PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE (PFD) – Lifesaving or safety device intended to protect the user from drowning, including the following: a) COMMERCIAL PFD – PFD intended to meet the carriage requirements for commercial vessels not subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS); b) RECREATIONAL PFD – PFD intended to meet the carriage requirements for recreational vessels; c) SOLAS PFD – PFD intended to meet the carriage requirements for vessels subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). d) THROWABLE PFD – PFD intended to be thrown; and e) WEARABLE PFD – PFD intended to be worn on the body; 3.14 SPLIT INSPECTION – Inspection of a PFD partially manufactured at one or more Factories and shipped to another Factory to complete construction.