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TM 10-6630-236-13&P 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 categories. 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.  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   equipment   used   in   precision   measurement.      Consists   of   comparisons   of   two instruments, one of which is a certified standard of knob accuracy, to detect and adjust any discrepancy in the accuracy of the instrument being compared. g.    Remove/Install.    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. h.  Replace.  To remove an unserviceable item and install a serviceable counterpart in its place.  "Replace" is authorized by the MAC and is shown as the third position code of the SMR code. B-1

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