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Material on Habitability Improvement Program Drawings
are identified by Find Numbers.
The Commodity Handbook posted here lists all of the Find Numbers in a
searchable form.
The complete unique Find Number (FN) consists of the Find Number and
Discipline, such as FN 518 ARR.
The four primary disciplines are Arrangement (ARR), Electrical (ELEC), Pipe
(PIPE) and Ventilation (VENT).
This system has been refined over more than 25 years
as a
Common Parts Catalog.
Standardizing descriptions across different drawings has made it possible to
establish long term procurement contracts, to facilitate production line
manufacturing with consistent high quality, (instead of inconsistent small
batch procurement), and improve efficiency throughout the design and supply
cycle.
Find Numbers are defined to suit modular procurement and installation, and
take into account features to suit efficient installation.
More detail:
Many of the major vendors for Shipboard Habitability materials are
familiar with Find Numbers, and recognize a Find Number as a complete
description. Other activities are encouraged to use and interface with the
Find Number system as a Common Parts Catalog in order to encourage
standardization and efficient ordering and administration of materials.
Descriptions are continually
updated to reflect changing specifications and industry trends, with care to
ensure compatibility between existing material, current and future
drawings. If a Find Number needed to change so much that it would no-longer
be interchangeable, then a new Find Number would be assigned. What is
posted here is used as a Contract Line Item description. Standardized
amplifying Notes are used as an additional part of the specification in
requisitions and contracts. For technical material questions
call or E-Mail
Habitability
Support at (757)
460-4449.
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