Assembly classes
Each assembly must be assigned an assembly class. Assembly classes identify the type of assembly, the behavior of Maintenix for inventory of the assembly, and the operations that are possible in Maintenix. There are several standard Maintenix assemblies, and your organization can add more, if needed.
The following table details standard assembly classes that are available in Maintenix.
| Assembly Class | Assembly Class Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | ACFT | Represents aircraft assemblies. Some Maintenix features are only available for the ACFT assembly class, such as the ability to create flights, specifying inventory that is on-board, and more. |
| Engine | ENG | Each of these represents a component that can be installed and removed from a parent assembly, usually an aircraft, and for which you want to maintain baseline information that is separate from the parent assembly. This eliminates the need to create the baseline information for every parent assembly on which the component can be installed. |
| Auxiliary Power Unit | APU | Not recommended. Landing gears do not have their own maintenance programs; their maintenance tasks are included in the aircraft maintenance programs. Also, landing gears only accrue usage when they are installed on the aircraft. Therefore, modelling landing gears as assemblies is not called for, and results in much administrative overhead. |
| Propeller | PROP | |
| Engine Module | MODULE | |
| Landing Gear | LDGEAR | |
| Common Hardware | COMHW | Mandatory assembly in every Maintenix installation, this is used to define parts and supplies that can be used on many, or all types of assemblies. Typical common hardware assemblies include items like standard hardware, lubricants, sealants, adhesives, and more. There can only be one COMWH assembly. |
| Tools and Service Equipment | TSE | Mandatory assembly in every Maintenix installation, this is used to define tools that can be used on many, or all types of assemblies. Maintenix handles tool parts that are in the TSE assembly differently than installable parts. For example, when preparing tasks, they are listed as tools rather than parts, and they are checked out rather than issued. However, tools share many of the characteristics of installable parts; they can have serial numbers, they can have scheduled maintenance, such as a calibration task, and they can be purchased and stored. There can only be one TSE assembly. |