Main Components Of The Cassette With Image Plate - AGFA CR Series Service Manual

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Main Components of the Cassette with Image Plate

The complete cassette consists of:

Cassette, 35 x 43 cm

Image Plate "MD1.0" (MD = media definition; 1.0 = version)
E
Bar Code Label
(fluorescent)
Cassette and image plate details:
# Description
The image plate is glued to a 0,3 mm sheet metal carrier.
A
The cassette has a cassette label attached allowing the user to label the
cassette.
The shutter is unlocked by pushing the cassette lock.
B
The cassette lock is either opened manually via cassette key (part of cassette
C
delivery) or by the cassette unit when inserting the cassette.
Backscatter protection is given by the IP carrier (sheet metal). This replaces the
D
lead layer used in other Agfa CR cassettes
Each image plate carrier has a fluorescent label attached. Functions of the label:
E
1. Indicate begin of scan (BOS) and begin of line (BOL) for scanning. This is
2. The barcode keeps image plate specific parameters which influence
On the barcode label the expiration date of the image plate is written in human
readable letters.
The controlled version of this document is available from the Agfa HealthCare Library. Any printed copy of this document is uncontrolled.
Edition 1, Revision 1
03-2013
Image Plate Carrier
(0,3 mm Sheet Metal)
Shape prevents
wrong insertion of IP
done via the fluorescent surface.
scanning.
DOCUMENT CONTROL NOTE:
CR 10-X / CR Reader / CR 12-X / CR Advanced Reader Chapter 2 / Page 7 of 19
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Cassette Label
Cassette
A
Cassette Tube Side (black)
D
Image Plate
Figure 5
Functional Description
Lock
B
Shutter
closed
C
Shutter opened
Cassette Key
Upper Cover (black)
Fleece
Image Plate (Phosphor Layer)
Image Plate Carrier
Lower Cover (gray)
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