Appendix D. MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION

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MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION

Section I.

INTRODUCTION

General.

This appendix provides a summary of the maintenance operations

for the receiver control.

It authorizes categories of maintenance

functions on reparable items and components and the tools and equip-

ment required to perform each function. This appendix, may be used

as an aid in planning maintenance operations.

D-2.

Maintenance Function.

Maintenance functions will be limited to and defined as follows:

a. Inspect. To determine the serviceability of an item by com-

paring its physical, mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics

with established standards through examination.

b. Test. To verify serviceability and to detect incipient failure

by measuring the mechanical or electrical characteristics of an item

and comparing those characteristics with prescribed standards.

c. Service. Operations required periodically to keep an item in

proper operating condition; i.e., to clean (decontaminate), preserve,

drain, paint, or to replenish fuel, lubricants hydraulic fluids, or

compressed air supplies.

d. Adjust. To maintain, within prescribed limits, by bringing

into proper or exact position, or by setting the operating character-

istics to the specified parameters.

e. Align. To adjust specified variable elements of an item to

bring about optimum or desired performance.

f. Calibrate. To correct or adjust instruments Or test measuring

and diagnostic equipment used in precision measurement. Consists of

comparisons of two instruments, one of which is of known accuracy, to

detect and adjust any discrepancy in accuracy of the instrument being

compared.

g. Install. The act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into posi-

tion an item, part, or module (component or assembly) to allow the

proper functioning of the equipment or system.

h. Replace. The act of substituting a serviceable like type part,

subassembly, or module, (component or assembly) for an unserviceable

counterpart.