Patient Positioning Mechanism Adjustment - Planmeca Proline EC pan Technical Manual

Chapter D - ADJUSTMENT & CALIBRATION

3.2 Patient positioning mechanism adjustment

If the patient positioning mechanism is too near or too far from the column it will have to be
centered.
Remove the cover from the lower shelf. Replace the ball phantom tool.
Enter the test mode.
Press the ready key to drive the X-ray unit to the exposure position. When the X-ray is ready
the indicator light will come on.
READY
PRET
Start to take a test exposure by pressing and holding down exposure button on the remote
control. Stop pressing the exposure button about halfway through the exposure cycle so that
the rotating unit stops moving.
An error code will appear on the display. Clear the error code from the display by pressing the
Er 00
CTL-key.
Manually position the rotating unit so that the center line that runs through the tubehead and
film cassette mechanism is parallel to the wall to which the X-ray is secured. Slide the align-
ment pin through the hole, nearest the column, in the top of the vertical carriage so that it
goes into the positioning hole in the rotating unit.
Figure 19
NOTE Adjust the position of the rotating unit by holding the cassette carriage. Never use the
tubehead to adjust the position.
D-14 Planmeca Proline EC X-ray unit
Alignment pin
Center line parallel to wall
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