Planmeca Proline EC ceph, Technical Manual

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Chapter G - TROUBLESHOOTING
G-10 Planmeca Proline EC X-ray unit
PROBLEMS IN RADIOGRAPHS
Technical Manual
8.3 Z-carriage gets stuck
8.4 Mechanism does not observe limits
9 PROBLEMS IN RADIOGRAPHS
9.1 Disturbances in radiographs
Most often troubles are caused by other reasons, not by the equipment. Check that the fault
on the radiograph does not result from defective patient positioning or fault in the film.
9.2 No radiograph
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
Z-carriage gets stuck One of the steel cables broken.
Creeping speed adjusted incor-
rectly.
Cables or cable wheel dam-
aged.
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
Mechanism does not observe
either of the limits Hall sensor does not function.
Mechanism does not observe
one of the limits One of the impulse magnets
too far from the Hall sensor,
installed to a wrong direction or
completely missing.
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
Exposure light and signal do
not function. If error code
appears, see error code expla-
nations. The equipment is in test mode.