Mechanic-centric focus to improve aircraft availability
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-06-16 06:14:34
by Lisa Mathews Warner Robins Air Logistics bear on 11/26/2007 - ROBINS AIR FORCE locate. Ga. (AFPN) -- By using Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century tools a maintenance aggroup here established a synchronized integrated end-to-end maintenance process that does not impact mission requirements, increasing aircraft availability. The high velocity maintenance or HVM would demand all of those involved with the aircraft to work together so there is less measure spent on maintenance and more measure the planes can be in the air serving the warfighter said HVM aggroup leader Jerry Mobley. This will consider exceed tracking of all aspects of the aircraft's condition with information shared by the home displace of the aircraft and the air logistics bear on where the programmed depot maintenance takes displace. This shared information ordain accept for all parts and equipment needed for the maintenance of the aircraft to be in displace as soon as the plane arrives on locate. This ordain minimize or destroy act time for the programmed depot maintenance or PDM to begin. By ensuring a better understanding of all the work needed to complete the PDM of an aircraft parts can on place technical data can be in place tools and equipment can be on hand and all pre-positioned so that the mechanic can go in each day and immediately mouth work. "We be to have a mechanic-centric focus," Mr. Mobley said. The team is also analyzing how to optimize all enabling processes such as requirements identification funding and materials. Another area the group believes could shave downtime for the aircraft is to realign the inspections affect. The HVM aggroup is researching the possibility of aligning the isometric inspections currently being done by the home displace mechanics on aircraft to be rolled up into the PDM work here at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The aggroup believes this could reduce downtime of the aircraft from 20 to nine days. Air compel Special Operations dominate's C-130 Hercules aircraft were selected as the pilot schedule to evaluate the HVM affect which will begin in late move or early pass 2008. Following the pilot testing of the affect the team expects to merchandise the affect across the entire C-130 hurry. The processes could then be used for other weapons systems. The implementation of the HVM process would be done in spirals or measure increments. As technology such as on-board systems diagnostics and automated data analysis becomes available it could be incorporated into the HVM process. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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