c.e.g.TM 10-5411-205-13APPENDIX BM A I N T E N A N CESection I.B-1.General.ALLOCATION CHARTINTRODUCTIONa .This section provides a general explanation of all maintenance and repair functionsauthorized at various maintenance levels.b .The Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in Section II designates overall responsi-bility for the performance of maintenance functions on the identified end item or component.The implementation of the maintenance functions upon the end item or component will beconsistent with the assigned maintenance functions.Section III lists the special tools and test equipment required for each maintenancefunction as referenced from Section II.d .Section IV contains supplemental instructions and explanatory notes for a particularmaintenance function.B-2.Maintenance Functions.a .Inspect. To determine the serviceability of an item by comparing its physical,mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics with established standards through examination,b .Test.To verify serviceability and detect incipient failure by measuring themechanical or electrical characteristics of an item and comparing those characteristics withprescribed standards.c .Service. Operations required periodically to keep an item in proper operatingcondition, 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 exactposition, or by setting the operating characteristics to specified parameters.Align. To adjust specified variable elements of an item to bring about optimum ordesired performance.f .Calibrate. To determine and cause corrections to be made or to be adjusted oninstruments or test measuring and diagnostic equipment used in precision measurement.Consists of comparisons of two instruments, one of which is a certified standard of knownaccuracy, to detect and adjust any discrepancy in the accuracy of the instrument beingcompared.Install. The act of emplacing, seating, or(component or assembly) in a manner to allow thesystem.fixing into position an item, part, or moduleproper functioning of an equipment orB-1
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