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APPENDIX D
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART
Section I. INTRODUCTION
D-1. GENERAL
This appendix provides a summary of the maintenance operations for Modem, Digital Data MD-701(*)/UY. It
authorizes categories of maintenance for specific functions on repairable items and components and the tools and
equipment 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 comparing its physical, mechanical, and/or electrical
characteristics of an item and comparing those characteristics with prescribed standards.
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), to preserve, to drain, to 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 characteristics to the specified parameters.
e. Align. To adjust specified variable elements of an item to bring about optimum or desired performance.
f. Calibrate. To determine and cause corrections to be made or to be adjusted on instruments or test measuring
and diagnostic equipments used in precision measurement. Consists of comparisons of two instruments, one of which is
a certified standard of known accuracy, to detect and adjust any discrepancy in the accuracy of the instrument being
compared.
g. Install. The act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into position, and item, part, module (component or assembly) in
a manner 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.
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