PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 324
NOVEMBER 1979
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No matter how many faults-and
not±ready faults-yoU find, make sure
you check everYthing marked in the
befoRe
column.
When you return the equipment,
pull your after²operations (A column)
checkS in the PMC³.
Turn the forms back to the dis´
back to the dispatcher.
patcher .
dispaµcher
and
the
maintenance supervisor or a mechanic
will check anD correct those faults.
The ¶A Form 2404-with all faults
cLeared-then comes back to you. The
dispatcher ·ucks that form, the
equipment's ¶A Form 2408¸1 or ¶¶
Form 1970, and the 2 accident forms
inSiDe the dis¹atcher folDer anD you're
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F¹Ame
WEEkliEs and MOnthl±Es
OrGanizationaL²leveL ¹eriodic serº
vices are Scheduled on the ¶¶ Form
314»So the maintenance su¹eRvisor
k¼ows when to pulL those services. But
operator Services-like those in your
PMC³½are not normaLly scheDuleD
on a ¶¶ Form 314¾
³o how do you know when to ¹ull a
weekly ¿W) or monthly ¿M) operator
PMC³ check? Ask your Dispatcher or
maintenance su¹ervisor.
While a string arounD the fiÀger
may work for some things, a loo¹ for
each piecE of gear you have adds u¹ to
a lot of string.
OK,
Dispatcher
or
maintenance
supervisor, what Do you do?
First off, there's no set methoD. Áou
work out a method that best sÂitS your
operation.
Take a look at how often your
equi¹ment is operateD.
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For those items that go out nearly
Or you can post an acetate boarD.
ever day, you can "ÃÄheduleÅ operator
Æse a grease penciL to show how often
weeklies
and
monthlieS
Çn
your
each
item
is
diSpatched-so
the
calendar. Èhat is, just ¹ick one day
dispatcher ca¼ juSt gla¼Ée up to See
each week.Êverything dispatched thatË
wheÌ an operator weekly or monthly
day gets a weekLy»reGardless of the
Í
is
ÎÏ
dÐue
:.
_±__²³
,
_´µ´
³´
¼umber of times that equipment's
actually been dis¹atched that week.
One
day
a
month,
eveÑything
dispatched that day gets a monthly. A
ring around that day on your calenDar
YlLU¶\
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remindS you to tell your operators to
½¾
,. ;²³
adD the weekly or monthly PMC³
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,.µt:
checkS on those Days Ò
mA´K µT
But
maybe
you
Don't
Órust
the
calendar
or
your
equipment's
not
dispatched
that
regÂlarly.
Êven
though TM 38²750 does¼'t require
scheduling of operator services, tÑy
scheduling
'em.
Put
an
Ow
¿for
operator weeklies) and/or an Om ¿for
o¹erator monthLies) on ·he ¶¶ Ôorm
314 to reminD you when those are Due.
Allow a little leeway for a low²use
equipment-like maybe onLy make a
note in the Õemarks Block. Make sure
your ³OP or the Õemark Block of the
¶¶ Form 314 ex¹lains those symbols,
too.
For equipment operated by hours
and ·hus hard to schedule, maybe you
can incluDe the operator weekly or
monthly in your organizationaL
serº
vIcesÖ
×f
so,
make
a
note
in the
Õemarks BLock of the ¶¶ Form 314 as
a reminDer.
Whatever system you choose, write
it up, get your CO's approval and aDd it
to your ³OP.
Make
sure»make
doubLe²sureØ
everybody followS throuGh on getting
those
o¹eÙator
weeklies
and
monthlies ¹ulLed.
For PMC³ tabLes with the ÚnoÛ
reaDy ifÜ columns, your o¹erationaL
reaDiness-your
¶A
Form
2406
reports and the equi¹ment readiness
that report Shows»is only as gooD as
your
operator
services
and
maintenance back²up.
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