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APPENDIX B
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART
B-1 .
GENERAL.
Section I INTRODUCTION
This appendix provides a summary of maintenance operations for the
Basic Generation Unit (BGU).
This appendix provides a general explanation of
all maintenance and repair functions authorized at specified maintenance
categories.
b. The Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in section II, III and IV
designate overall authority and responsibility for the performance of
maintenance functions on the identified end item of 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
levels.
c.
Section III 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 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:
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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