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TM 5-4320-306-24 APPENDIX B MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART Section I.  INTRODUCTION B-1.    GENERAL a.   This   section   provides   a   general   explanation   of   all   maintenance   and   repair   functions   authorized   at   various maintenance categories. b.   The   Maintenance   Allocation   Chart   (MAC)   in   Section   II   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 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: 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.   Aline.  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.   Remove/lnstall.    To  remove  and  install  the  same  item  when  required  to  perform  service  or  other  maintenance functions.  Install may be the act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into position a spare, repair part, or module (component or assembly) in a manner to allow the proper functioning of an equipment or system B-1

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