QA Procedures

UML operates a quality management system which complies with BS EN ISO 9001:2000, which is accredited by The British Standards Institution.

Throughout the product development process to delivery to our customers, rigid Quality Assurance procedures are followed. This includes pre-production testing and subsequent approval at Fleetwood Testing Laboratory www.blackpool.ac.uk/fosc to the relevant CEN and/or SOLAS requirements. Products are also tested on various lifejackets by UML staff to ensure compatibility and optimum performance.

In production clear and concise work instructions are displayed for the assembly technicians, with various sign off stages, to ensure the components are to standard and incorporating specific customers test requirements.

A percentage of finished products are test fired to ensure the optimum performance is maintained.

The range of automatic and manual inflation devices are individually serial numbered or date coded which enables UML to maintain complete batch traceability, from the raw materials used through the manufacturing process, test results and delivery history.

A copy of the UML Quality Management System Certificate of Registration is available in the technical downloads section.