A-A-50054B.pdf

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.

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A-A-50054B March 14, 2023

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A-A-50054A

March 6, 1990

COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION

GLOVES BARBED TAPE, WIRE HANDLERS'

The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description (CID) as a replacement for MIL-G-43411 for all federal agencies.

1. SCOPE. This commercial item description covers the requirements for wire handlers’ gloves used to handle barbed tape (razor) and wire.

2. CLASSIFICATION. The gloves shall be of one (1) type and size.

3. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS.

3.1 Description. The gloves (see Figure 1) shall be leather, of a Clute design, with four (4) fingers, a thumb, a gauntlet, and a lined palm. The one (1) piece palm shall include the front and back of the index finger, the front of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers and thumb reinforcement patch.

There shall be three (3) back panels to form the back side of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers. The thumbs shall be a two (2) piece butterfly design and closed with stitching staples (minimum average of more than two (2) staples per inch). The thumb to palm seam shall be covered with a leather strap, approximately 3/4-inch wide, stapled with a vertical row of reinforcement staples along each edge of the strap (minimum average of more than two (2) stables per inch).

The palm side of the gloves shall be joined to the gauntlet joining seam. The gauntlet shall be attached to the hand portion with thread (6-8 stitches per inch) and one (1) row of five (5) stitching staples at the wrist palm side and four (4) stitching staples at the wrist back. The gauntlet shall be bound on the top edge with thread at 6-8 stitches per inch.

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3.1.1 Figure. Figure 1 is furnished for information purposes only. To the extent of any inconsistencies between the written document and the figure, the written document shall govern.

3.2 Materials.

3.2.1 Basic material. The leather for the gloves shall be chrome tanned, flesh splits from cattlehide bends conforming to Type VIII of MIL-DTL-32092. Both sides of the leather shall be smooth and free of loose flesh. Middle splits, bottom splits, head splits, belly splits, and shoulder splits shall not be used.

3.2.1.1 Leather thickness. The thickness of all leather glove parts shall be 3 – 4 ounces when tested be in accordance with ASTM D1813. Note: An ounce is equivalent in thickness to 1/64-inch.

3.2.2 Lining material. The lining for the palm shall be unbleached cotton canton flannel fabric, napped on one side with a minimum weight of 6.0 oz./sq. yd when tested in accordance with

ASTM D3776/D3776M.

3.2.3 Gauntlet binding. The gauntlet binding fabric shall be in accordance with A-A-52067 and it shall be stitched to the gauntlet top edge with no unraveling of raw edges.

3.2.4 Color. The color of all leather components shall be cream or light gray. All leather components used in each pair of gloves shall be of the same color and the color of the binding shall approximate the color of the leather.

3.2.5. Staples, wire steel. The staples for stitching and reinforcement shall be formed of flat steel wire, having a corrosion resistant finish. The finished dimensions of the staples shall be in accordance with Table I.

TABLE I. Staples (finished dimensions).

Type of staples Thickness, inches (min.)

Width, inches

(min.)

Length of crown, inches (min.) Length of legs

Stitching 0.029 0.040 0.250 To clinch properly 1/ Reinforcement 0.022 0.078 0.250 To clinch properly 1/ Back panel joining 0.020 0.060 0.250 To clinch property 1/

1/ The leg length of the formed staple shall be such as to ensure a clinch of 1/16-inch minimum 1/8-inch maximum after the staple has penetrated the leather being sewed.

3.3 Construction.

3.3.1 Thread. The thread used to sew the gloves shall be in accordance with A-A-59963, Type I and II, Class 1, Subclass A, Tex 135-150, 3-ply or Type III, 1-ply.

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3.3.1.1 Stitches, seams and stitching. Stiches, seams and stitching types shall be in accordance with ASTM D6193. All stitching, except metal staple stitching shall conform to Type 301.

The stitches per inch for thread stitching shall be 6 – 8 stitches. Ends of all seams and stitching produced with 301 stitch type, when not caught by staple or stitching shall be backtacked not less than 1/2-inch. Thread breaks shall be secured by stitching each side of the break not less than 1/2-inch.

3.3.2 Staple stitching. Stitching staples shall be used for all the closing seams (minimum average of more than two (2) staples per inch) and shall run parallel to the direction of the seam as an alternative to the three back panel closing seams, an inverted seam is allowed, stitched with thread (6 – 8 stitches per inch). Length dimension of the crown of the stitching staple shall run in the length direction of the closing seam. The staple used to close the glove and join the three

(3) back panel seams (when closing with staple option) shall clinch on the outside back of glove.

All other staples shall clinch inside the glove. The distance between the crown of the staples and edge of leather shall be approximately 3/16-inch. The distance between the staples shall be approximately 1/4-inch.

3.3.3 Palm reinforcement strips. The palm of each glove shall be reinforced with twelve strips of leather, each measuring 1/4 (± 1/16) inch wide, spaced 1/4 (± 1/8) inch apart and stapled to the twelve strips. Two (2) of the strips shall extend from each fingertip, except the index finger shall have three (3) strips and one (1) of the strips shall extend from each crotch. The strips shall run along the entire exposed length area of the 3/4 (± 1/8) inch leather strap or to the wrist seam, as applicable. Reinforcement staples shall be set horizontally across the strips along the entire length, 1/4 (± 1/8) inch apart. The staples shall go through the palm leather and the palm lining before being clinched.

3.3.4 Thumb reinforcing patch. Each thumb shall be reinforced with a minimum of 42 reinforcement staples placed in a vertical direction covering the front of the thumb.

Reinforcement staples shall be set vertically along the length of the reinforcing patch with a minimum of ten rows spaced evenly apart.

3.3.4.1 Thumb reinforcement extension patch. The thumb reinforcement extension patch shall be stapled with a minimum of ten (10) reinforcement staples vertically along the edge of the patch and approximately seven (7) reinforcement staples horizontally in the middle of the patch.

3.4 Tacking. Each pair of gloves shall be matched, paired, and tacked together so that they can be easily pulled apart without damage.

3.5 Combination identification and size label. Each glove shall have an identification and size label in accordance with Type III or IV, Class 4 of MIL-DTL-32075. The label shall be located on the cuff interior.

3.6 Barcode hang tag. Each glove set shall have a barcode label/hangtag conforming to Type VIII, Class 17 of MIL-DTL-32075. The barcoding element shall be a 13-digit National Stock Number (NSN). There shall be a 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) number assigned for all NSNs by the contracting activity. The initials “UPC” must appear beneath the code. The barcode for NSN and UPC type shall be a medium to high density and shall be located so that it is completely visible on the glove insert when it is folded and/or packaged as specified and so it causes no damage to the glove inserts.

3.7 Patterns. The contractor is responsible for generating the patterns for the gloves. The commercial patterns shall conform to the glove description (see 3.1) and finished measurements (see Table III).

3.8 Size and finished measurements. The finished glove shall conform to measurements as specified in Table III.

TABLE III. Size and finished measurements (inches).

Size Hand width Hand length 1/ Overall length

One (1) size 5 1/2 – 6.0 8 5/8 – 9 1/8 12 1/2 – 13 1/2 1/ Hand length measured from the tip of the second finger to the bottom of gauntlet at the wrist.

3.9 Toxicity. Unless otherwise specified in the contract or procurement documents, the finished gloves shall not present a health hazard and shall show compatibility with prolonged, direct skin contact when tested as specified in 3.9.1

3.9.1 Toxicity test. When the toxicity requirement (see 3.9) can be demonstrated with historical use data, on the finishing treatments used, toxicity testing may not be required (see 7.1.4 and 7.5).

3.10 Workmanship. The finished glove shall conform to the quality of the product established in this document. The glove shall be free from defects which would affect its serviceability, appearance, uniformity and quality assurance standards defined by the technical data in the procurement documents.

4. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. Unless otherwise specified, the offeror/contractor is encouraged to use recovered, recycled, bio based, and environmentally preferable materials to the maximum extent practicable, in accordance with paragraph 23.403, 23.404(b) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), or the sustainable acquisition of EO 13693; as applicable.

(see 7.1.2).

5. PRODUCT CONFORMANCE PROVISIONS.

5.1 Product conformance. The glove shall meet the salient characteristics of this Commercial Item Description, conform to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and be the same product offered for sale in the commercial marketplace.

The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance.

5.2 Market acceptability. The finished glove offered must have been sold to the government or commercial market.

5.3 End item inspection procedures. Sampling for inspection shall be conducted in accordance with ASQ/ANSI Z1.4 - Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection of Attributes (see 7.2.1).

5.4 Visual examination. Each finished glove shall be examined for the defects listed in Table IV as defined in ASTM D3990. The lot size shall be expressed in units of gloves. The sample unit shall be one (1) pair of gloves.

TABLE IV. Visual examination defects.

Material defects:

Any hole, cut, tear, permanent fold, pleat, or crease; any spot or stain on outside, discoloration or color not as specified, any outwardly visible part shaded, any burr or sliver, any serious material defects or objectionable odor.

Stitches, seams and stitching:

Loose or tight stitching tension, broken or skipped stitches, needle chew, any part caught in an unrelated operation or stitching, raw edge, thread ends not removed, any seam slippage, re-stitching, pleating or puckering; distorted, open, pulled or snagged stitches, twisted, ragged or inconsistent edge. Staples of incorrect size for specified locations, not securely clinched or missing.

Workmanship:

Any component part omitted, twisted, not specified size, missing, misplaced or distorted parts; poorly shaped, any dimension of item not as specified; design not as specified.

Failure to meet product conformance; serviceability, reliability and quality of materials as defined by this document.

Labels:

Label(s) missing, incorrect, or illegible; bar code or UCP code label omitted or not readable by scanner; human-readable interpretation (HRI) omitted or illegible; bar code not visible on folded packaged item, bar code label causes damage to the item.

Packaging:

Not packaged in accordance with the contract or purchase order.

5.5 Dimensional examination. The finished gloves shall conform to the dimensions specified in Table III when measured as stated. Any dimension that is not within the established tolerance shall be classified as a defect. The lot size shall be expressed in units of gloves. The sample unit shall be one (1) glove and the inspection shall be by pairs.

5.6 Acceptance criteria. Acceptance criteria shall be as specified in the contract or purchase order (see 7.6).

6. PACKAGING. The preservation, packing, and marking shall be as specified in the contract or order (see 7.6).

7. NOTES.

7.1 Source of Government documents.

7.1.1 Copies of Government documents are available online at https://quicksearch.dla.mil.

7.1.2 EO 13693 information is available online at https://www.epa.gov.

7.1.3 Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) are available online at https://acquisition.gov.

7.1.4 Toxicity testing. If dermal toxicity testing is required, it shall be conducted using Title 40, Protection of Environment, Code of Federal Regulations current edition and applicable sections, which are also consistent with the following OECD tests:

Skin Sensitization 406 and Dermal Irritation 404 (https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/oecd-guidelines-for-the-testing-of-chemicals-section-4-health-effects_20745788?page=1) Dermal Sensitization (https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/798.4100) Dermal Toxicity (https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/798.2250).

7.2 Source of non-Government documents.

7.2.1 ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 – Sampling Procedures are available online at https://www.asq.org.

7.2.2 ASTM Standards are available for purchase online at https://www.astm.org.

7.4 Intended use. The gloves are intended for use in handling barbed tape (razor) and barbed wire or similar materials.

7.5 Certificate of compliance. The contracting activity may select to accept a certificate of compliance for a stated requirement.

7.6 Ordering data. The contract or order should specify the following:

a. Title, number, and date of this commercial item description

b. Color required (see 3.2.5)

c. When toxicity testing is required (see 3.9)

d. Product conformance (see 5.1)

e. Acceptance criteria (see 5.6)

f. Packaging requirements (see 6.)

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7.6 National Stock Number (NSN). The following assigned NSN corresponds to this CID.

NSN 8465-00-530-3692

7.7 Key words.

Leather Razor Staples

FIGURE 1. Gloves, Barbed Tape - Wire Handlers'.

MILITARY INTERESTS: Civil Agency Coordinating Activity:

GAS – FAS

Custodians: Preparing Activity:

Army –GL DLA-CT Navy –NU Air Force – 11 (Project: 8415-2022-046)

Review Activities:

Army –MD Navy –YD, MC

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MILITARY INTERESTS: Civil Agency Coordinating Activity: GAS – FAS