Panoramic PC-1000, Service Manual

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PC-1000/Laser 1000 Installation
9. Place a loaded cephalometric fi lm cassette in
the cassette holder centered HORIZONTALLY
at the end of the cephalometric arm. Align the
top edge of the sliding portion on the rear of
the cassette holder to the LATERAL position.
It may be helpful to temporarily tape a coin
or paperclip, to be used as a reference after
exposing a test fi lm, in either of the lower
quadrants of the cassette.
10. Depress the laser switch on the right side of
the tubehead to activate the laser. Adjust the
tubehead so that the laser beam strikes the
upright head target on the cassette.
11. Rotate the head positioner back into the
LATERAL position and install the locking pin.
12. Open the ear posts as far as possible using
the lever on the rear of the head positioner.
CAUTION: X-rays will be emitted when the
exposure switch is depressed.
13. Depress the exposure switch.
14. Remove the cephalometric cassette from the
cassette holder and process the fi lm. Load
the cassette again with cephalometric fi lm for
another test exposure.
15. The smaller ear ring should appear centered
vertically inside the larger ear ring on the
processed fi lm. If it does not, loosen the
2 allen bolts holding the chrome mounting
tubes and adjust the level of the cephalostat
head positioner. If the larger ear ring is too
low, slightly raise the ear rod farthest from
the cassette (closest to the tubehead). If the
larger ear ring is too high, slightly lower the
ear rod farthest from the cassette (closest to
the tubehead). Alternately tighten the 2 allen
mounting bolts.
16. Continue to adjust the cephalostat head
positioner and chrome mounting tubes until
the smaller ear ring is centered vertically
inside the larger ear ring (steps 12-15).
Note: Contact Panoramic Corporation if the ear
rings cannot be centered vertically.