PS Magazine - AUGUST 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 381
AUGUST 1984
Calibration.
Test.Measurement and Diagnostic
EquIpment requiring calIbration are
LIsted in ±B 43-180²
Your battalion ±MDE support coor³
dinator, caLibrating teams, centers and
sites have addItIonaL ruLes In AR 750´25
(Oct8µ) and TB 750´¶5´1 (Oct79)²
·f you 're responsible for getting
TMDE ready For calIbratIon, know
your bat¸lion TMDE support coo
¹
rdinº
ator² He or she will have the word on
whether you ship the TMDE, keep it
In the unit when a team wILl visit and
so
»
forth²
Y
ou scheduLe your TMDE at
the intervaLs specIfIed In TB 43¼180²
60
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±
DEPARTMENt dF tHE ARMY tECHNIcAL BULltiN
cALIBRATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR TH
MAINTENANcE OF ±Y MATER²EL
•
HEADQUARtERS, DEPARtMENt OF tHE ARMY
1 JAN ±9
auG 84
You caN keep the load down by stagº
gerIng t½e ca¾I¿raÀIon due dates oN t½e
ÁA Âabe¾ 80ÃsÄ ·n other wordsÅ you
donÃt waNt 50 dosImeters or
³
0
muLtimeters Ær a bunch of the same Kind
of test sets coming due on t½e same
date² You waNt the due dates spread out
so that your unIt wIL¾ ½ave equIpment
on hand to worK with²
Çf youÃve got the same KInd ofTMÁE
due Èor calIbratIon In Large batchesÉ
²s ³rmy ´³µ¶br³·e¸ ¹nsºr²menº
1.
¸»ºe ´³¼b½
(ºm 3¾75)
¿. n³mej½epo½º noÀ
ÁÂ oWner
REPCeS ±OIT( oF ² JA ³
WHiH IS oBele
your unit can get wiÀ½ its ¿atta¾ion
TMDE Support Coordinator or Êrea
TMDE Support Team (ÊTST) c½Ief
and the approprIate area caLIbratIon aNd
repair center (ACRC)Ë TheyÃlL stagger
the due dates by caLibrating smaller
gÌoups at one ÀIme ²²Í and you end up
wIt½ DA ÂabeL 80Ãs which ÎLL due at
diÏferent timesÐ
One t½Ing you s½ouLd remember:
W½en caLibratIon Is dueÑ check wIt½
your battaLIon coordinator before you
s½Ip t½e TMÁE² The ACRC may have
decided to send a team to your post Inº
stead of ½aving you send the TMDE to
It² Your coordInator wIlL ½ave the word²
Another point: ·f youÃve gotTMDE
t½atÃs not used regularLy, store It² Get
wit½ your coordInator first, though²
Para ÒÓ52 of TB 750´25´1 says he can
OÔ temporary storage, but your cooÕº
dinator has to stIck a "CBUÖ La¿el on
the TMDE² CBU means ×calIbrate
before use² ''
The whoLe Idea Is to make caLibraº
tion ofTMDE as paInless to you as posº
sIbLe² CaLIbrated TMDE, used ¿y those
w½o shouLd, al¾ows the missiLe to fLy
right, t½e radio set to transmIt, the ve½IØ
cLe to goÙ
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