Inspection of Technical Cleanliness, VDA 19.1 Part 1 provides procedures and recommendations for evaluating particulate contamination on functionally relevant automotive components. This second revised edition covers cleanliness specifications, extraction and filtration methods, standard and extended analysis techniques, qualification testing, blank values, documentation, interpretation of results, work safety, environmental protection, and practical case examples. It supports consistent and comparable cleanliness inspections across automotive manufacturers, suppliers, laboratories, and quality management teams.
Application Scope: Automotive component manufacturing, supplier quality management, technical cleanliness laboratories, production quality control, inspection method qualification, and contamination analysis.
