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TM10-3930-660-20
APPENDIX B
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART
Section I.
INTRODUCTION
B-1. GENERAL.
a.
Section I, Introduction. This section provides a general explanation of all
maintenance and repair functions authorized at various maintenance categories.
b.
Section II, Maintenance Allocation Chart.
This section contains the
Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) and designates overall authority and
responsibility for the performance of maintenance functions on the identified end
item or component.
The application of the maintenance functions to the end item or
component will be consistent with the capacities and capabilities of the designated
maintenance categories.
c*
Section III, Tool and Test Equipment Requirements.
This section lists the
tools and test equipment (both special tools and common tool sets) required for each
maintenance function as referenced from Section II.
d.
Section IV, Remarks.
This section contains supplemental instructions and
explanatory notes for a particular maintenance function.
B-2.
Maintenance Functions. Maintenance functions will be limited to and defined
as follows:
a.
Inspect.
To determine the serviceability of an item by comparing its
physical, mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics with established standards
through examination (e.g., by sight, sound, or feel) .
b.
Test.
To verify serviceability by measuring the mechanical, pneumatic,
hydraulic, 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 (includes decontaminate, when required), to
preserve, to drain, to paint, or to replenish fuel, lubricants, chemical fluids, or
gases.
d.
Adjust.
To maintain or regulate, within prescribed limits, by bringing into
proper or exact position, or by setting the operating characteristics to specified
parameters.
e.
Align.
To adjust specified variable elements of an item to bring about
optimum or desired performance.
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