Planmeca Proline XC Technical Manual page 60

Chapter D - ADJUSTMENT & CALIBRATION
Touch the Ready field to drive the X-ray unit into the exposure position. The rotating unit and
cassette carriage will move to their respective ready positions. When the X-ray unit is ready
the indicator light will come on.
Figure 11
Start to take a test exposure by pressing and holding down the exposure button on the
remote control. Stop pressing the exposure button when the tube head has rotated to a con-
venient position for viewing the secondary collimator.
An error code will appear on the display. Clear the error code from the display by touching the
OK field.
Exit the Test mode.
Place the beam alignment tool into the secondary collimator. Note which way round it goes. It
is advisable to leave the cassette in position as it will reduce the amount of scattered radia-
tion.
Secondary collimator
Figure 12
Select kilovolt and milliampere values high enough to enable the radiation beam to be seen in
the darkened room. The actual values will depend on how dark the room is.
D-6 Planmeca Proline XC X-ray unit
PANORAMIC X-RAY BEAM ADJUSTMENT
Beam alignment tool
Collimator
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