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Record 1 2007-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Military Equipment Maintenance
DEF

The act of returning an item to a serviceable condition by disassembly, repair or replacement of damaged or deteriorated parts, reassembly, adjustment, examination and testing to specified standards.

OBS

Whereas repair normally entails the correction of specific defects only, overhaul entails not only the replacement of worn and damaged parts but also of parts whose service life has expired or is about to expire, in order to return the item to its original performance and an acceptable life expectancy.

OBS

repair and overhaul; R&O: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Maintenance du matériel militaire
DEF

Processus de remise en état d'un article comportant les opérations suivantes : démontage, réparation ou remplacement des pièces endommagées ou usées, remontage, rajustement, inspection et essai en fonction des normes spécifiées.

OBS

Bien que la réparation ne vise habituellement qu'à corriger les défectuosités, la révision consiste à remplacer non seulement les pièces endommagées et usées, mais aussi celles dont la durée de vie utile est sur le point d'expirer, afin de rendre à l'article son utilité première et une durée de vie acceptable.

OBS

réparation et révision : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

OBS

réparation et révision; R&R : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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