PS Magazine - AUGUST 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 297
AUGUST 1977
A
golfer doesn't sTop when The club
hiTs The baLl. A piloT can±T quiT as The
plane Touches down² A supply clerk
isn±T finished when The mechanic geTs
an iTem²
In
each
case-iT±s The fOllow³
Through ThaT counTs!
For The supply specialisT, every iTem
in The Army supply sysTem carries a
slew of coDes. BuT, Two very imporTanT
codes ofTeN geT overlooked or misused²
EXPENDaBlLlTV
EXPENDABILITY-The
expen±
dability code te²ls you whether the
.
item is expendab²e (X) or nonex±
pendable (N)³ An ´tem's expen±
dability deterM´nes the paperwork
you keep on ´t (expendab²e
·
or
nonexpendab²e
reg´ster,
hand
rece´pt or propeRty book)µ
RECOvERaBI±ITY
¶ECOVE¶ABI¸ITY¹Butº when it
comes »o fo²²ow´ng throUgh on
your
job-putt´ng
the
f´na²
professional touch
m
it-go with
the recovera¼´²ity code (¶½³) The
recovera¼´²´ty
code
te²ls
you
who¹what M¾´nten¿nce ²eve²À
dec´des Whether the item ´s worth
repa´r´ng or not and can conÁeMn
and d´Spose oF it³
179
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SMR
CODE
xnoz
Z
NATId²"L
st³K
N
Um
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r
Pa´T
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p¹ºº
F
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1± .
f
. '
ÏÐÑrIÒTIÓÔ
'j,
i
Me²ninG
Sp³c´µ¶ hµ·d¶´·g
needed to dispose of
this Item.
"¸¹
coded items usually have
precIous metal I± them, cost a great deal
or
include
specIal
or dangerous
materiaLs. ChEck the manual or the
referenced dIrectIve for DetaIls.
º r³pµ´»µb¶³ ´t³m.
Turn it In to your
support. ²hIs item must go tHrougH repair
channels to depot befoRe dIsposal³
uÕÖfl× ØÙ cÚÛ;Ü
F r³pµ´»µb¶³ ´t³m¼
´SU dIsposes of Item If
It µannot be fixed.
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áâãä båDæçè (éêëìíî)
ï ðñòpó ôõö÷ øùúìûü ýþÿĀāýÿĂă
²³:
v±\Ve
Ąm4
9
. òąĆćĈ ò4Ćĉ ÝĊċ
ČčVĎďĐ ò¹đHĒēĔ ĕò4ĆĖ ò4Ććė
G¹ĘkęĚ ĕò4Ćě ò4ĆćĜ
H r³pµ´»µb½³ ´t³m.
G
¶
SU dIsposes of Item If
It can not be fIxed.
¾ ¿³Àµ´»µb¶³ ´t³m¼
´epot or specIalized
repaIr actIvIty level handles dIspo·al³
0 ¿³pµÁ»µb¶³ ´t³m.
OrganIzation handles
'ÂÃ_Ä-ÅÆÇ
dIsposa¸ If item cannot be fIxed.
Z no·»ÈÀµ´»µb¶³ Ét³m.
When the Item
bec¹Mes
ºnseRvIceable»
the
level
authorIzed t¹ replace It (3Rd place c¹de In
·
t¼e ½¾¿) c¹ndemns and dIsposes of It.
So, when you puT a recoverabiliTy code on The ´A Form
3318
for an iTEm,
keep iT in mind² Before you give a new parT To a mechanic, check The RCµUNLEss
The iTem±s coded
0
or
Z,
Tell The mechanic you WanT The old parT he rEPla¶E·¸
¹urn in A, ´º F, H
and
L
coded iTems To your supporT» FoLlowing Thr¼½g¾ T¿
The end of The acTion is The sign
Ê
a ÀRÁ!
·
.
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