Appendix C. MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART

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APPENDIX C

MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART

Section I.

INTRODUCTION

C-1. GENERAL

a. This section provides a general explanation of all maintenance and repair functions authorized at

various maintenance levels.

b. The Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in Section II designates overall responsibility for the

performance of maintenance functions on the identified end item of component. The implementation of the

maintenance functions upon the end item or component will be consistent with the assigned maintenance

functions.

c. Section III lists the special tools and test equipment required for each maintenance function as

referenced from Section II.

d. Section IV contains supplemental instructions or explanatory notes for a particular maintenance

function.

C-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 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 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. lnstall. The act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into position an item, part, or module (component or

assembly) in a manner to allow the proper functioning of an equipment system.

h. Replace. The act of substituting a serviceable like type part, subassembly, or module (component or

assembly) for an unserviceable counterpart.

i. Repair. The application of maintenance services (inspect, test, service, adjust, aline, calibrate, or replace)

or other maintenance actions (welding, grinding, riveting, straightening, facing, remachining, or resurfacing)

to restore serviceability to an item by correcting specific damage, fault, malfunction, or failure in a part,

subassembly, module (component or assembly), and item, or system.

j. Overhaul. That maintenance effort (service/actions) necessary to restore an item to a completely

serviceable/operational condition as prescribed by maintenance standards (i.e., DMWR) in appropriate

technical publications. Overhaul does not normally return an item to like new condition.