Appendix B: PACKAGING AND DEPRESERVATION

TM 43-0156

APPENDIX B

PACKAGING AND DEPRESERVATION

B-1.

General

General Requirements. Generator sets and power plants, component parts, accessories,

repair parts, and tools shall be cleaned, preserved, and packed as specified herein. All cleaning and

preservation shall be in accordance with MIL-P-116. Pay special attention to coolant, hydraulic, and lubrication

systems to eliminate the necessity for later major disassembly to remove contaminants which may congeal

during storage or shipment.

Processing Facilities. Preservation-packing shall be accomplished within buildings which are

rainproof and will prevent, substantially, all infiltration of wind-blown dust. The processing area shall be heated

and equipped with adequate processing equipment such as spray booths, preservative tanks, etc. Equipment

brought into processing areas shall be allowed to reach ambient temperature before processing. Field

packaging facilities will be the best possible

c. Materials. Materials shall be as specified herein or as specified in the referenced packaging or material

specifications. All materials shall be free of defects affecting serviceability.

d. Disassembly and Matchmarking.

(1) Disassembly. Disassembly shall be the minimum necessary to safeguard parts vulnerable to damage,

pilferage, and loss, and to the removal of protruding parts such as exhaust stacks, air cleaners, and standpipes

that would otherwise increase cubage; however, disassembly shall be limited to those parts that can be

removed and reinstalled without special tools. Removed bolts, nuts, pins, screws, and washers shall be

reinstalled in mating parts or secured as specified herein.

(2) Matchmarking. Removed parts and mating parts shall be matchmarked when necessary to facilitate

reassembly. Removed parts and mating parts shall be identified by cloth shipping tags conforming to UU-T-81,

Type A, and the marked tags shall be attached to mating parts. The information on the tags shall be applied

with waterproof ink.

e. Preservatives. Preservatives specified herein shall conform to the applicable specifications listed

and shall be applied in accordance with MIL-P-116 or as specified herein.

f. Measurements. All sizes are inside dimensions and all measurements are in inches unless otherwise

specified.

B-2.

Procedures

Process each item according to the step-by-step procedures outlined in the preparation instructions

(appendixes B-1 thru B-3).

B-1