Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 AMM Chapter 11 Placards and Markings AES Revision 40 May 2012

Description

File Details

• Manual type: Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Chapter 11 – Placards and Markings
• Aircraft: Airbus A318 / A319 / A320 / A321
• Publisher mark: AES
• Revision: n° 40
• Date: May 01/12
• Language: English (selected exterior and cabin figures also show Spanish marking text)
• Page count: 367
• File format: PDF
• Effectivity shown: On A/C ALL, with selected tasks and figures limited to blocks such as 003-004, 003-005 and 005-099

What Chapter 11 Covers

The Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 AMM Chapter 11 Placards and Markings AES Revision 40 May 2012 is the ATA 11 section of the A318/A319/A320/A321 Aircraft Maintenance Manual. It locates and illustrates placards, stencils and markings on the external and internal sides of the aircraft and gives the task procedures used to remove, cut, bond, paint and replace those markings. Panel location is directed to AMM Chapter 06 as the primary reference; this file is Chapter 11 only, not a complete aircraft maintenance manual.

The opening general section states that the markings give safety and maintenance data. Placards required by the JAR 25 type-certification basis are flagged with the note REQUIRED BY REGULATION. Description-and-operation pages are followed by illustrated location figures that call out frame stations, zone numbers, colours, letter heights and wrap methods so a technician can restore a marking to the same geometry shown in the figure.

Chapters Covered

• 11-00-00 Placards and Markings – General: description and operation; dimensions of the labels (Codes A–G); maintenance practices for decals, cabin placards, Plexiglas placards, identification tapes, heat-resistant ducting, laminated tubing, ESSO / Scotchcal / FOTOFOIL / BSB DUROFIX / DISA SUPRAFIX FRS / DISA Flytac II labels, metal identification plates, landing-gear labels, marking paints, tail-cone and fuselage reference triangles, engine and cockpit leasing plates, asymmetric flap-track-beam-3 labels, and hoisting-point cover patches
• 11-20-00 Exterior Placards and Markings: blanking of hoisting points; markings on the fuselage and tail unit, fuselage, THS, left and right wings, engine pylons and cowls
• 11-21-00 Fuselage: lifting and shoring points; leveling points; air-conditioning skin valves, LP ground connection, pack 1 and 2 inlets/outlets, external air-supply caution; external power receptacle; THS incidence and elevator/rudder neutral-position triangle; magnetic level indicators, APU fuel drain and fuel panel; blue and yellow hydraulic ground connections, reservoir filling and hydraulics-compartment / main-gear-door markings; flight-recorder markings; nose-gear leg-door markings; forward and aft static ports; oxygen discharge; HP ground connection; toilet service doors and panels, potable-water drain and service panels; passenger/crew doors, emergency exits, cargo and avionics doors 811/812/822/824, lower access door, bulk cargo door, markings inside main landing-gear doors; fuselage maintenance and breaking-point markings
• 11-22-00 Main and Nose Landing Gear: tire inflating-pressure placards and identification labels with the aircraft on wheels; grounding-point locations on nose and main landing gear
• 11-23-00 Wings: jacking points; hoisting points; flap and slat extension-angle markings; cover-inspection markings on RH and LH wings; flap track 3 and 4 markings; wing upper- and lower-surface fuel markings; DO NOT WALK OUTSIDE THIS AREA, escape-area and escape-rope-bracket markings
• 11-24-00 Pylons and Cowl Doors: EXTINGUISHER markings on the pylons; engine air-intake L/R; fan cowl and thrust-reverser L/R; nacelle R side; inboard fan-cowl strakes; safe areas and distances L/R; engine leasing-plate location
• 11-25-00 Stabilizers: hoisting points; horizontal-stabilizer markings; elevator weight-record plate and the task to record elevator weight
• 11-31-00 Cockpit: air-conditioning, electrical-power, communications (hand mic, headset, boomset, SELCAL registration), equipment/furnishings, fire-extinguisher, flight-controls and speed-limit and pedal markings; rain-repellent reservoir; panels 49VU, 120VU, 11VU MTOW reversible placard, INOP labels on 130VU/131VU; landing-gear, compass-correction and standby-compass, oxygen-mask and smoke-hood markings
• 11-32-00 Cabin: owner and manufacturer placards; communication-system markings; interior placards for attendant seats, lavatory A door, stowage and partitions, overhead bins, lavatory units and doors, baby nursing table, call and reading-light panels, emergency escape slide Z160; panels 2042VU, 2000VU, 2001VU and sockets; water system; passenger/crew doors, slide armed/disarmed indication, emergency-exit doors; seat-track markings
• 11-33 / 11-34 / 11-35 / 11-36 / 11-37 / 11-42: battery-bracket and oxygen-bottle markings; nose landing-gear door markings; forward and aft cargo sidewall linings Z131/Z132/Z151/Z152 with max loading-height notes for A319, A320 and A321; potable-water tank; FWD cargo door-selector access panel; APU compartment and access-door markings; additional lavatory-door and call-panel placard figures

Taken together, those sections give a technician the illustrated location of each marking plus the bonding, cutting, painting and replacement method that belongs to that marking family. The Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 AMM Chapter 11 Placards and Markings AES Revision 40 May 2012 is therefore a restoration and compliance chapter, not a systems troubleshooting chapter.

Label Families and Standard Dimensions

Standard type No.1 and No.2 labels are plastic with white letters on a black matt finish. Type No.3 FOTOFOIL labels are 0.076 mm (0.002 in.) metal foil specified for Skydrol zones, again with white letters on black matt finish. Figure 11-00-00-12800-A publishes seven standard sizes used across the fleet:

• Code A – 20 × 6 mm, letter height 3.2 mm / 0.125 in., electrical identification in boxes and panels (example 20 FV 2)
• Code B – 30 × 8 mm, letter height 4 mm / 0.157 in., electrical identification away from boxes or panels (example 110 PP)
• Code C – 40 × 10 mm, letter height 6.4 mm / 0.251 in., identification on racks, boxes and panels (example 120 VU)
• Code D – 20 × 8 mm, letter height 4 mm / 0.157 in., hydraulic-system components (example 1221)
• Codes E, F and G – 35 × 8 mm, 45 × 10 mm and 45 × 15 mm functional-description labels with 3.2 mm / 0.125 in. letter height

Decal application across moving joints uses a 2.53 mm (0.0996 in.) / 2.54 mm (0.10 in.) gap rule: Method A cuts the film at the centre of a larger gap and wraps both edges; Method B cuts flush with the forward or upper skin on a smaller gap; Method C wraps continuously around a lap-joint edge; Method E slits the film at handle corner radii before wrap. A thin-blade cutter is used against a support plate of at least 0.6 mm metal or 2 mm hard plastic so the aircraft skin is not scribed. Pressure-sensitive polyester film over protruding fasteners is cut away to fastener size; film over pressurized areas is punctured at each rivet. Adhesive on those cut edges is allowed to cure for 1/2 hour before sealing.

Installation and Removal Tasks

Maintenance practices in 11-00-00 PB201 walk through each label chemistry rather than treating every sticker the same. Decals are stripped with Scotch Brite pads (Material No. 19-011) and grade-240 emery after masking, then the topcoat is restored per TASK 51-75-12-300-003-A. Cabin placards are lifted with a plastic scraper only; residual glue is wiped with lint-free cotton (19-003) soaked in dry-cleaning solvent (11-002). Self-adhesive placards on Plexiglas are degreased with the same solvent, started from a 10 mm peeled edge, and smoothed from the centre out without touching the adhesive face.

Identification tapes on metal lines are cut about 5 mm longer than the circumference, cleaned with 1.1.1-trichloroethane (11-004), MEK (11-003) or cleaning solvent (11-016), overlapped, then overcoated with two coats of structure paint (16-003) extending about 10 mm past the tape edge. Damaged paint is touched with external decoration paint (16-016) so hydraulic fluid cannot attack the adhesive. Labels on silicone-impregnated heat-resistant ducting use adhesive sealant 08-004; Viton-coated fabric first receives an MB primer coat that must dry 30 minutes. Laminated tubing uses a peel-and-smooth bond after the same 11-004 degrease.

ESSO labels are reactivated with MEK or cleaning solvent on the adhesive film until tacky. Scotchcal labels in a dry zone receive epoxy adhesive 08-001 and a bead of polysulfide fuel-tank sealant 09-001C around the edge. In a Skydrol zone the surface is roughened with grade-360 emery, the factory adhesive is washed off, and bonding compound 08-017 is brushed on with a 30-second press. FOTOFOIL metal foil uses two-component epoxy 08-010 and a temporary tie strap on cylindrical parts until the adhesive is dry. Separate tasks cover BSB DUROFIX Material No. 05-136, DISA SUPRAFIX FRS Material No. 05-135 and DISA Flytac II reactivable transfer labels, metal identification plates, landing-gear labels, stencil-applied marking paints, and the riveted or bonded tail-cone and fuselage reference triangles used after rudder or elevator neutral adjustment (cross-referred to 27-24-00 and 27-34-00).

Exterior, Powerplant and Landing-Gear Figures

The 11-20 and 11-21 figures map markings onto the fuselage, THS, both wings and the engine pylons with 13 mm (0.51 in.) callouts and zone identifiers. Lifting, shoring and leveling points, pack inlets, LP and HP ground connections, the external power receptacle, fuel panel and APU drain, blue and yellow hydraulic ground points and reservoir-filling marks, static ports, and toilet / potable-water service panels are all drawn with colour (black or grey), frame stations and letter sizes. Door figures cover passenger/crew doors, emergency exits, forward and aft cargo doors, bulk cargo door, avionics doors 811, 812, 822 and 824, the lower access door and the inside faces of the main landing-gear doors, many of them flagged REQUIRED BY REGULATION and some carrying bilingual English/Spanish handle instructions.

Landing-gear pages add the tire inflating-pressure placard on the main gear, on-wheels identification labels for nose and main gear, and the black/green grounding-point marks. Wing pages show jacking and hoisting points, flap and slat extension-angle scales, inspection-cover marks, flap-track 3/4 asymmetric offset values, upper- and lower-surface fuel marks including MAX SUCTION / MAX PRESSURE at the refuelling connector, walk-restricted areas and the red escape-area paint on white antislip. Powerplant figures locate air-intake, fan-cowl, thrust-reverser and nacelle marks, inboard fan-cowl strakes, 15 FT / 5 m safe-area distances and the engraved engine leasing plate filled with red paint.

Cockpit, Cabin and Cargo Interiors

Interior coverage in the Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 AMM Chapter 11 Placards and Markings AES Revision 40 May 2012 runs from the flight deck through the cabin and both cargo holds. Cockpit figures place air-conditioning and electrical-power marks, hand-mic / headset / boomset labels, SELCAL registration on 400VU or 401VU (effectivity 005-099), escape-rope cover marks, owner/manufacturer plates, disk-stowage, portable fire-extinguisher, flight-control and speed-limit placards (values such as 177 KT, 185 KT, 200 KT and 215 KT appear on the illustrated speed-limit cards), pedal PULL TO ADJUST, rain-repellent reservoir caution, high-voltage marks on 49VU and 120VU, the MTOW reversible placard on 11VU, INOP labels on 130VU and 131VU, park-brake and gravity-extension marks, compass-correction cards, standby compass, oxygen mask and smoke hood.

Cabin and cargo figures locate attendant-seat, lavatory, stowage, overhead-bin, baby-nursing-table, call-panel and escape-slide Z160 placards, high-voltage cautions on 2000VU and 2001VU, slide armed/disarmed indication, seat-track zero points referenced to ATA 06-31-53, cargo sidewall linings Z131/Z132 and Z151/Z152, and maximum loading-height marks that the figures themselves restrict as ONLY VALID FOR A319, ONLY VALID FOR A320 or ONLY VALID FOR A321. The potable-water tank figure shows a 200 L / 52 U.S. GALS capacity mark. APU-compartment and access-door figures include the red-pip / red-hole danger instruction on the pin bolt.

Use This Chapter for Marking Restoration

With the Airbus A318 A319 A320 A321 AMM Chapter 11 Placards and Markings AES Revision 40 May 2012 a line or heavy-maintenance technician can identify the correct label family, cut and wrap film across joints and fasteners, bond the specified chemistry (including Skydrol-zone and heat-duct methods), restore painted stencils and reference triangles, and place exterior and interior markings at the frame, zone and colour shown on the AES Rev 40 figures. Using the published dimensions, gap rules, consumable numbers and JAR 25 regulation flags keeps restored markings consistent with the May 01/12 chapter rather than with a guessed size or adhesive. The file is delivered as an instant PDF after payment — no shipping, readable on any device and printable at the bench — so the Chapter 11 task and figure set is available the same day the marking work is scheduled.