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Job Card CAL A029 - Collimator Format Calibration
1
SUPPLIES
None
2
TOOLS
Standard Tool Box
3
REQUIRED EFFORT
Personnel: 1 Field Engineer
Time: 30 minutes
4
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
The procedures in this Job Card produce X-rays. Ensure that you take appropriate precautions when
operating with X-rays (for example, stay behind the radiation screen during an X-ray exposure).
5
PREREQUISITES
Job Card CAL A027 - Tube Tilt Calibration on page 1681
6
PROCEDURE
6-1
Objective
The aim of collimator calibration is to ensure that X-ray field and receptor misalignment is within the reg-
ulatory specification.
6-2
Front blade alignment and blade parallelism check
This part of the calibration is intended to align the front blade edge of the collimator with the detector
edge at the chest wall side, and to check the blade parallelism.
Note:
If it is not possible to align the front blade edge with the detector chest wall edge, the blade paral-
lelism check cannot be performed.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select on AWS Screen: Service Desktop/Calibration/System/Collimator calibration.
2. Remove the Bucky, the compression paddle and any objects from the field of view.
3. Click the START button on the AWS Screen.
4. Use the X-ray Console to make the exposure.
5. Observe the front blade angle displayed on the screen. Select and perform the appropriate action as
described in the following sections:
JC-CAL-A-029.fm
Service Information and Procedures Class A 2385072-16-8EN
Job Card CAL A029 - Collimator Format Calibration
must have been completed.
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G.E.Essential l have recently bought What is the full weight.of the mamo Full weight of the console and other İtem's also measurements of each item with the main machine please All this Shipping Company required
The GE Senographe DS mammography machine is shipped in three crates with the following dimensions and weights:
- Crate 1 (Gantry, Generator Cabinet, and ramp):
- Dimensions: 2066 mm (81.34 in) depth × 848 mm (33.39 in) width × 2292 mm (90.24 in) height
- Mass: 641 kg (1410.2 lbs)
- Crate 2 (Control Station):
- Dimensions: 1110 mm (43.70 in) depth × 770 mm (30.31 in) width × 1850 mm (72.83 in) height
- Mass: 210.5 kg (464.07 lbs) for truck transport (without side covers and lid)
- Mass: 223.5 kg (492.73 lbs) for plane/boat transport (with side covers and lid)
- Crate 3 (Detector):
- Dimensions: 872 mm (34.33 in) depth × 2270 mm (89.37 in) width × 260 mm (10.24 in) height
- Mass: 104.4 kg (229.68 lbs)
### Total Mass:
- For truck transport: 641 + 210.5 + 104.4 = 955.9 kg (2104.95 lbs)
- For plane/boat transport: 641 + 223.5 + 104.4 = 968.9 kg (2133.61 lbs)
These values include the gantry, generator cabinet, control station, detector, and all related components.
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