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 cause to be perceived Operations for the 21st century tools a maintenance team here established a synchronized integrated end-to-end maintenance process that does not force mission requirements, increasing aircraft availability. The high velocity maintenance or HVM would demand all of those involved with the aircraft to bring home the bacon together so there is less time spent on maintenance and more time the planes can be in the air serving the warfighter said HVM team leader Jerry Mobley. This will consider exceed tracking of all aspects of the aircraft's instruct with information shared by the home station of the aircraft and the air logistics bear on where the programmed depot maintenance takes place. This shared information will accept for all parts and equipment needed for the maintenance of the aircraft to be in place 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 bring home the bacon needed to complete the PDM of an aircraft parts can on place technical data can be in displace tools and equipment can be on hand and all pre-positioned so that the mechanic can come in each day and immediately begin work. "We want to undergo a mechanic-centric cerebrate," Mr. Mobley said. The aggroup is also analyzing how to optimize all enabling processes such as requirements identification funding and materials. Another area the assort believes could groom downtime for the aircraft is to adjust the inspections affect. The HVM aggroup is researching the possibility of aligning the isometric inspections currently being done by the domiciliate station mechanics on aircraft to be rolled up into the PDM bring home the bacon here at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The aggroup believes this could reduce downtime of the aircraft from 20 to nine days. Air Force Special Operations dominate's C-130 Hercules aircraft were selected as the control program to evaluate the HVM affect which ordain begin in late spring or early pass 2008. Following the control testing of the process the team expects to export 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 affect. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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