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a. Abuse. The improper use, maintenance, repair, or mishandling of warranted items that may cause the
warranty of those items to become void.
b. Acceptance date. The acceptance date far the vehicle is as annotated on the DD Form 250, Material
Receiving and Inspection Report.
c. Contractor. Intergy, Inc. Anvil Attachments, 10100 Brecksville Rd., P. O. Box 418051, Brecksville, OH
44141-3206.
d. Defect. Any condition or characteristic in any supplies furnished by the contractor not in compliance with the
requirements of the contract or does not function as intended.
e. Failure. A part, component, or end item that fails to perform its intended use.
f. Manufacturer's recall.
(1) Safety recall. An item is recalled to repair or replace a defective part or assembly which may affect safety.
(2) Service recall. An item is recalled to repair or replace a defective part(s) or assembly which does not affect
the safe use of this item.
g. Reimbursement. A provision in a warranty which allows the Government to recover supply and/or labor
costs incurred during the warranty period.
h. Repair. A maintenance service/action required to restore an item to serviceable condition.
i. Reparable. An item that may be reconditioned or economically repaired for reuse.
j. Repair/User Activity. The activity authorized to perform repairs in accordance with (JAW) the Maintenance
Allocation Chart (MAC).
k. Serviceable. The condition of an item which meets all the requirements and performs the functions for which
it was originally intended.
1. Supplies. The end item and all parts and accessories furnished by the contractor.
m. WARCO. Warranty Control Office: which serves as the intermediary between the troops owning the
equipment and TACOM.
n. Warranty. A written agreement between a contractor and the Government which outlines the rights and
obligations of both parties for defective supplies.
o. Warranty Claim. Action started by the equipment user for authorized warranty repair or reimbursement.
3. Coverage Specific.
This bulletin applies only to the Bucket, Dragline, Model DMD34 NSN 3815-01-249-1652, PN 104421, FSCM
9Y918 which is manufactured by Intergy, I Inc., Brecksville, OH under contract DAAE07-87-C-0153. After inspection and
acceptance by the Government of the end item and supplies furnished -under the contract, the contractor warrants- the
Dragline Bucket will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of eight months from the date of
Government acceptance of each bucket, as evidenced in the acceptance block of the DO Form 250.
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