Section III. SHOP LAYOUT

Section Ill. SHOP LAYOUT

The subassemblies are then routed to the various

2-7. General

overhaul stations for disassembly, cleaning,

This section discusses the purpose and

inspection, r e p a i r a n d reassembly.

The

m a i n t e n a n c e policy pertaining to depot main-

overhauled assemblies are returned to the main

tenance prescribed in this manual for produc-

assembly l i n e f o r b a s i c e n g i n e a s s e m b l y .

tion-line overhaul or rebuild of the engine.

Overhauled accessories are installed on the basic

2-8. Shop Layout

engine, a n d t h e e n g i n e i s subjected to a

a. The layout (fig. 2-4) shows a typical station-

dynamometer acceptance test.

by-station production line setup for overhaul or

b. In actual practice, specific shop layouts will

rebuild of the engine. The engine is steam

vary according to the physical facilities available

cleaned and engine oil is drained. The engine

and the quantity of engines to be overhauled.

accessories are removed and routed to their

Planning for a depot overhaul program must he

respective rebuild stations. The basic engine

sufficiently flexible to allow for variations in the

moves along the assembly line through the

condition of the materiel received for processing.

various stages of disassembly into subassemblies.

Figure 2-4. Typical shop layout.

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