TM 9-4310-394-13Section III. UNIT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKSAND SERVICES (PMCS)4-8. INTRODUCTION. Systematic, periodic, Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) are essential toensure that the air compressor unit is ready for operation at all times. The purpose of a preventive maintenance programis to discover and correct defects and deficiencies before they can cause serious damage or complete failure of theequipment. Any effective preventive maintenance program must begin with the indoctrination of operators to report allunusual conditions noted during daily checks or actual operation to unit maintenance. All defects and deficienciesdiscovered during maintenance inspections must be recorded, together with corrective action taken, on DA Form 2404(Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet).A schedule for unit preventive maintenance inspection and service should be established immediately after installation ofthe air compressor unit. A quarterly interval, equal to three calendar months or 250 hours of operation (whichever occursfirst) is recommended for usual operating conditions. When operating under unusual conditions, such as a very dusty orsandy environment, it may be necessary to reduce the interval to monthly or even less if conditions are extreme.Table 4-1 lists the unit preventive maintenance checks and services that should be performed at quarterly (or otherwiseestablished) intervals. The PMCS items in the table have been arranged and numbered in a logical sequence to providefor greater personnel efficiency and least amount of required maintenance downtime.4-9. PMCS TABLE. Refer to Table 4-1. for the unit Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services required for the aircompressor unit. A description of the columns in the table is included in the following paragraphs.a.ItemNumberColumn. This column is a list of every check and service task in the PMCS.They are numbered in logical order of performance regardless of the interval. This column is to be used as a source ofitem numbers for the TM Number Column on DA Form 2404, Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet, inrecording results of PMCS.b.IntervalColumn. This column is subdivided into three categories; M-Monthly, Q-Quarterly, and A-Annually. Adot in the appropriate column signifies the interval at which a specific item needs to be checked or serviced.c.ItemToBeInspectedColumn. This column provides the name of the item to be checked or serviced.d.ProceduresColumn. This column describes the procedures to check or service an item. It includes all theinformation required to perform the checks or services. It indicates tolerances where applicable and adjustment limitswhere required.4-5
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