Improving the Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services Program for the M60A1 Main Battle Tank.
Abstract
The major cornerstone of the Army maintenance program for the M60A1 tank is the preventive maintenance checks and services. One significant problem area is that the Army has not provided the maintenance manager with a usable systemic approach to planning and managing a viable, ongoing preventive maintenance checks and services program. The objectives of this research were to develop realistic time estimates for the individual tasks included in the preventive maintenance checks and services and to integrate those time estimates into a network model to be used for planning and monitoring the preventive maintenance checks and services. A network model of the scheduled service and individual task time estimates are presented along with the results of the survey questionnaire which was used in developing the network model and individual time task estimates. The conclusion of the research was that a viable useable maintenance planning model should be implemented to assist the maintenance manager. Recommendations and areas for further study are presented. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 07, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA075589
Entities
People
- Lynn A. Frick
- Roland E. Sasser Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology