PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 303
FEBRUARY 1978
Calibrate! Calibrate! Another day of
measuring.
Calibrate! Calibrate! Another day of
tests±
Sounds like a hit tune by a top rock
group! But, if you're into the Army's
²alibration program, that's no jive.
The Army's ²alibration program
keeps your test, measurement and
diagnosti² equipment (TMDE) work-
ing and everybody measuring off the
same size rulers±
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and va²um gages.
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With tIme, use or rough treatment
·
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:;TMDE
equipmenµ be²omes less a²¶
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¼
½Z
²urate. Springs gradually unwind ±
¾
/
Cables
twist¿ or breaK Fine ²Àa²Á
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ÃÄÅÆ
Ç
È
allow gases
o
liquid to es²ape .
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±
Êndi²ators
bend or warp ±
Ë
Balan²e is
lost±
So, the TMÌE neeÍs
re²alibrated. ÊÎs ability to measure,
weigh, µra²k or respond is measured
against equipment with proven pre²iÏÐ
s10n.
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Support units and traveling ²aLibration teams doË that Õfor you. They h
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ve th
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equipment to do the Job. ×heir equipment ØtestsÙ yoUr TMDE and readÚuÛÜÛ Ýt
to Army sÞandards.
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That ²alibration woràs dirá²tly for youâ ãÞ means you do only needád woRàä
no wasÞed time
å
²hasiNg down phantom gremlins reported by a bUm tesÞeRæ
Thá ²alibration your supporç uNits do for you is ²Lassified as C leVál
²alibration.
Calibration traveling teamsèArmy Area éalibRaÞion Teaês
ëAìéTíèor spe²ial labs do
A
leVel woràî
BUt, youèthe equipmeït usersðare thá heart of tHe ²alibration progRam.
ñothing happens if you drop your end.
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