Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic Use and care manual

PLANMECA
Proline XC Pan/Ceph
Calibration Manual

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The manufacturer, assembler, and importer are responsible for the safety,
reliability and performance of the unit only if:
-Installation, calibration, modification and repairs are carried out by
qualified authorized personnel.
-Electrical installations are carried out according to the appropriate
requirements such as IEC364.
-Equipment is used according to the operating instructions
Planmeca pursues a policy of continual product development. Although every
effort is made to produce up-to-date product documentation this publication
should not be regarded as an infallible guide to current specifications. We
reserve the right to make changes without prior notice.
COPYRIGHT PLANMECA USA 2008-05
PUBLICATION Revision 5 JO

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Table of Contents
Chapter A: General Information
1. Disclaimer 5
2. Required Tools 7
2.1. Calibration Tools 7
2.1.a. Digital Panoramic 7
2.1.b. Digital Cephalometric 8
2.2. Hand Tools 9
Chapter B: Panoramic
1. Beam Alignment 11
1.1. Collimator 0 13
1.1.a. High / Low 14
1.1.b. Left / Right 14
1.1.c. Angled 15
1.2. Collimator 1 16
1.2.a. Left / Right 16
2. Beam Check 17
2.1. Connecting to the computer 17
2.1.a. Network Interface Box connections 18
2.1.b. Didapi Configuration 18
2.2 Setting up Beam Check 18
2.3 Beam Check on the computer 20
3. Calibrating 21
3.1 Setting up the computer 21
3.1.a Dimax3 Tool 21
3.1.b Turning radiation Off/On 22
3.1.b.i OFF 22
3.1.b.ii ON 22
3.1.c kV/mA settings for Panoramic 23
3.1.d Changing Binnings 23
4. Ball Phantom 24
4.1. Setting up the touch screen 24
4.2. Dimaxis Pro 4.x.x 27
4.3 Checking Image 28
4.3.a Center Ball 28
4.3.a.i Too Thin 29
4.3.a.ii Too Fat 29
4.3.b 10
th
Ball 30
4.3.b.i Too Left 30
4.2.b.ii Too Right 31
4.2.b.iii Moving the Table 31
4.3.c Shadow Ball 32
4.3.c.i Too Left/ Too Right 32
4.4 Patient Positioning Light Alignment 33
4.4.a Midsaggital Light Beam 36
4.4.b Frankfort Light Beam 36
4.4.c Focal Layer Light Beam 37

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Chapter C: Cephalometric
1. Beam Alignment 39
1.1 Collimator C 41
1.1.a Too Left 42
1.1.b Too Right 42
1.1.c High / Low 42
1.2 Collimator D 42
1.2.a Left 43
1.2.b Right 43
2. Ceph Head Leveling 43
2.1 Computer Setup 44
2.2 Left / Right 47
2.2.a Left 47
2.2.b Right 47
2.3 Up / Down 47
2.3.a Up 47
2.3.b Down 47
3. Beaver Tail 48
3.1 Left / Right 49
3.2 High / Low 49
3.3 Angled 51
3.3.a Left 51
3.3.b Right 52
4. Beam Check 52
4.1 Setting up Beam Check 52
5. Calibrating 54
5.1 kV/mA 54
5.2 Computer 55
5.3 Dimax3 Tool 56
5.3.a Not together 57
5.3.a.i Raise Up 57

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Chapter
A General Information
1DISCLAIMER
This manual contains the information required to setup and calibrate the
Planmeca Proline XC Panoramic with Cephalometric X-ray unit for
Digital.
WARNING
Protect yourself from radiation when you are checking the beam
alignment and calibrating. Since radiation safety requirements vary from
state to state, country to country, it is the responsibility of the installer to
ensure that the correct precautions are observed.
1.1 The display values shown in this guide are only examples
and should be interpreted as recommended values unless
otherwise specified.