MIL-DTL-24558B
3.5 Designation and marking.
3.5.1 Equipment identification plates. Identification plates shall conform to types A, B,
or C of MIL-DTL-15024 and to the requirements for normal service of MIL-P-15024/5.
Material, marking, and installation shall be as shown on figure 6 and as specified in the
applicable specification sheet. As an option, identification marking may be molded (plastic
enclosures only), engraved, or stamped directly on the covers of the enclosures to provide a
permanent identification. Marking shall not be located on gasketed surfaces of covers.
3.5.1.1 Filling. Filling of stamped, engraved, or molded marking with paint is not required.
3.5.1.2 Sharp edges. Sharp edges of plates shall be removed and corners shall be given a
slight radius.
3.5.1.3 Enclosure manufacturer. The enclosure manufacturer, if other than the terminal
connection box supplier, shall be identified by appropriate marking on the interior surface of the
cover.
3.5.2 Information plates. Unless otherwise specified (see 6.2), information plates shall be
as specified in 3.5.1 except that they shall be blank. The option of molding, depressing, or
embossing the inscriptions or markings on the cover is not applicable for information plates.
3.5.3 Warning plates. Warning plates shall be as specified in the applicable specification
sheet. Material shall be brass. Depressed lettering shall be filled in with red enamel in
accordance with FED-STD-595/21105. The face of warning plates shall not be primed or
painted. Warning plates shall be brazed on the cover as shown in the applicable specification
sheet. All sharp edges and corners shall be given a slight radius.
3.6.1 Mounting of parts. Parts or hardware shall be assembled and secured or mounted in
the specified manner to satisfactorily accomplish the purpose for which intended. Equipment having
missing, inoperative, defective, bent, broken, or otherwise damaged parts will not be acceptable.
3.6.2 Cleaning. After fabrication, and prior to assembly in the terminal connection boxes,
parts shall be cleaned of smudges, weld metal, metal chips, and mold release agents or any other
foreign material that might impair the intended operation, function, or appearance of the terminal
connection boxes. All corrosive material shall be removed. All assembled terminal connection
boxes shall be cleaned of contaminants such as lubricating oils, mold release agents, waxes, sand,
corrosion products, solder fluxes, and dust. The nature of the contaminant shall be determined to
the extent that a suitable cleaning solvent can be selected for its removal. The inertness of the
materials of construction to the solvent shall be determined to prevent damage to electrical and
mechanical properties. Cleaning processes shall have no harmful effect on the terminal connection
boxes or parts.
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