Chapter 6. SHIPMENT, LIMITED STORAGE, AND DEMOLITION TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

CHAPTER 6

SHIPMENT, LIMITED STORAGE, AND DEMOLITION TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

Section I. DOMESTIC SHIPMENT

Specification MIL-C-11796. 24 (10) Wrap

61.

PREPARATION

EQUIPMENT

FOR

jaws, adapters, and couplings within

SHIPMENT

separate pieces of vaporproof barrier

material, Military Specification MIL-B-131,

a. Inspection. When preparing the starter torque

and secure with pressure sensitive tape,

tester for domestic shipment, visually inspect all

Federal Specification PPP-T-60.

component parts and assemblies to determine their

(11)

Place jaws, adapters, and couplings in

condition. Correct any discrepancies found prior to

their original shipping container along with

packing equipment for shipment.

a small bag of activated desiccant,

Military Specification MIL-D-3464, and a

b. Preservation.

humidity indicator conforming to Military

Standard MS20003.

(1) Remove all foreign matter from starter

(12)

Install packing around jaws, adapters, and

torque tester and its accessories using a

couplings to prevent movement during

cloth moistened with dry cleaning solvent,

shipment.

Federal Specification P-D-680.

(13)

Seal shipping container.

(2) Drain and refill brake pressure control

(14)

The remaining parts of the starter torque

assembly (9, fig.

5) as outlined in

tester will be preserved and packed in

paragraph 34a.

accordance with Military Specification

(3) Remove tachometer (17) as outlined in

MIL-P-116, Method 11. The starter torque

paragraph 37c and torquemeter (13) as

tester is enclosed in a metal foil bag along

outlined in paragraph 45a.

with bags of activated desiccant, Military

(4) Coat all exposed metal surfaces of

Specification MIL-D-3464, and a humidity

tachometer (17) and torquemeter (13 )

indicator conforming to Military Standard

with corrosion preventive compound,

MS20003. Air in the metal foil bag in

Military Specification MIL-C-11796.

evacuated and the bag is then heat-

(5) Wrap tachometer (17)and torquemeter

sealed. The starter torque tester is then

(13) in separate pieces of vaporproof

bolted in a wooden crate.

barrier material, Military Specification

(15)

Place tachometer (17, fig.

5),

MIL-B-131, and secure with pressure

torquemeter (13), jaws (fig. 9), adapters

sensitive tape, Federal Specification PPP-

(fig. 10), and couplings (fig. 13) in the

T-60.

wooden crate and secure in place so they

(6) Place tachometer (17) and torquemeter

will not puncture the airtight metal foil bag

(13) in their original shipping containers

during shipment. Install and secure lid on

along with a small bag of activated

crate.

desiccant, Military Specification MIL-D-

3464, and a humidity indicator conforming

62. LOADING EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPMENT

to Military Standard MS20003.

(7) Install packing around tachometer (17)

Loading of the starter torque tester for shipment

and torquemeter (13) to prevent

within the continental United States will be performed

movement during shipment.

using the following procedures.

(8) Seal shipping container.

(9) Coat all unattached jaws (fig. 9), adapters

a. Lift crated starter torque tester, maintaining it in

(fig. 10), and couplings (fig. 13) with

a normal upright position at all times,

corrosion preventive compound, Military