Instrument maintenance work is divided, from an operational point of view, into two main categories:
Routine
maintenance
Extraordinary
maintenance
Operations carried out by the maintenance technician in a preventive
manner, to ensure the proper functioning of the instrument over time.
Routine maintenance includes the following:
Inspection
•
Control
•
Adjustment
•
Cleaning
•
of the instrument components.
Operations carried out by the maintenance technician when the
instrument needs it.
Extraordinary maintenance includes the following activities:
Revision
•
Repair
•
Restoring nominal operating conditions
•
Replacement
•
of a faulty, defective or worn component.