Owandy Radiology i-max touch, Service Manual

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SERVICE MANUAL
Maintenance and servicing
I-Max Touch 7-1
7. MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING
As with all electrical appliances, this unit must be used correctly and
maintenance and inspections must be made at regular intervals. Such
precautions shall guarantee the safe and efficient function of the
appliance.
Periodic maintenance consists in inspections made directly by the
operator and/or Technical Service Department.
The inspections made directly by the operator are the following:

ensure that the rating labels are intact and correctly fastened

check whether there are any traces of oil on the tubehead

check to ensure that the X-rays push-button switch cable is not split
or damaged

check to ensure that there is no external damage to the appliance
which could jeopardise protection from radiation.
WARNING:
The operator is recommended to perform these inspections before each
session of operations.
If the operator detects irregularities or damage, he should immediately
inform the Technical Service Department.
The appliance's performance is checked and, where necessary corrected,
during the maintenance activities performed by the Technical Service
Department, in accordance with the indications provided in the following
chapters. Such interventions are recorded in the "Maintenance Logbook"
in the User's Manual.
The periodic maintenance performed by the Technical Service
Department comprises the performance of the following additional
inspection activities to be made yearly:

general visual inspection

grounding of all the accessible conductive parts

condition of the internal and external cables: wear and tear and
fastenings

the tightening of the primary bolts and screws such as the wall
fastening systems, the moving mechanisms and the chin rest arm

the status of cleanness of the console

the correct functioning of the luminous indicators of the console

verification of the exposure parameters: kV, mA, time

verification of the correct function and status of cleanness of the
laser centering devices

verification of the correct centering of the secondary collimator and of
the Ceph sensor.