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APPENDIX B
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART
Section I.
INTRODUCTION
B-1 .
GENERAL .
a .
b.
c.
T h i s s e c t i o n p r o v i d e s a g e n e r a l e x p l a n a t i o n o f a l l
maintenance and repair
f u n c t i o n s a u t h o r i z e d a t v a r i o us
maintenance levels.
The Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in Section II
d e s i g n a t e s o v e r a l l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e p e r f o r m a n ce
of maintenance functions on the identified end item or
component.
The implementation of the maintenance func-
tions upon the end item or component will be consistent
with the assigned maintenance functions.
S e c t i o n I I I l i s t s t h e s p e c i a l t o o l s a n d t e s t e q u i p m e nt
r e q u i r e d f o r e a c h m a i n t e n a n c e f u n c t i o n a s r e f e r e n c ed
from Section II.
d .
S e c t i o n
I V c o n t a i n s
s u p p l e m e n t al
i n s t r u c t i o n s on
explanatory notes for a particular maintenance function.
B-2 .
MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS.
a .
b.
c .
d.
Inspect.
To determine the serviceability of an item by
c o m p a r i n g i t s p h y s i c a l , mechanical and/or electrical
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s w i t h e s t a b l i s h e d s t a n d a r d s t h r o u gh
examination.
T e s t .
T o v e r i f y s e r v i c e a b i l i t y a n d d e t e c t i n c i p i e nt
f a i l u r e b y m e a s u r i n g t h e m e c h a n i c a l o r e l e c t r i c a l
c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f a n
i t e m a nd
c o m p a r i ng
those
characteristics with prescribed ’standards.
S e r v i c e .
Operations required periodically to keep an
i t e m i n p r o p e r o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n ,
i . e . , t o c l e an
( d e c o n t a m i n a t e ) , t o p r e s e r v e,
t o d r a i n , t o p a i n t o r to
r e p l e n i s h
f u e l ,
l u b r i c a n t s ,
h y d r a u l i c f l u i d s , or
compressed air supplies.
A d j u s t .
T o m a i n t a i n ,
w i t h i n p r e s c r i b e d l i m i t s , b y
b r i n g i n g i n t o p r o p e r o r e x a c t p o s i t i o n , o r b y s e t t i n g
t h e o p e r a t i n g c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t o s p e c i f i e d p a r a m e t e r s.
B-1
