VIDAR NDT PRO User manual

VIDARNDTPRO
Industrial Film Digitizer
User Guide
For Use with Windows 7 & Windows 8
(Serial Numbers 370,000 to 379,999)
P/N 19441-001, Rev B

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Caution: No operator-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified personnel.
Achtung: Gehäuse nicht öffnen. Wartung uno reparatur nur durch eletrofachkräfte.
Attention: Aucune piece ne peut etre remplacee par l’utilisateur. Toute operation de
maintenance doit etre effectuee par une personne qualiee.
Atencion: Acceso interno solo autorizado a personal tecnico cualificado.
Attenzione: Non appire. Rivolgersi a personale qualificado.
Radio Frequency Emissions
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in
a residential area can cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required
to correct the interference at his or her own expense.
Product compliance testing was conducted using VIDAR shielded cables. Modifications
to the digitizer or the VIDAR shielded cables or the use of cables other than those
available from VIDAR could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Acceptable shipping conditions
Temperature: –18° to +60°C (0° to +140°F)
Relative humidity: 20% to 85%, non-condensing
Atmospheric pressure: 500 to 1060hPa (+18,000 to –1,200ft)
Operating conditions
Temperature: 10°C to 30°C (60°F to 85°F)
Relative humidity: 20% to 85%, non-condensing
Atmospheric pressure: 696 to 1013hPa (10,000 to 0 ft)
Electrical supply
Voltage: 100 to 240 VAC
Current: 0.75 to 1.5 A
Frequency: 47 to 63 Hz

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Safety and compliance information
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRIC SHOCK, FIRE AND
MECHANICAL HAZARDS ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH UL60601-1,
IEC60601-1 AND CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 601.1
This product is intended to be turned on and left on. Operation is continuous. To maintain
Medical Equipment Certification, the digitizer must be connected to a host computer that
has been configured in accordance with IEC 60601-1-1.
This product is in the Ordinary Equipment Class. It provides no protection against the
ingress of water.
This product is not suitable for use in the presence of flammable anesthetic mixtures with
air or with oxygen or with nitrous oxide.
Class I Medical Device; No Applied Parts. This product provides Class I medical device
protection against electrical shock.
Power cords used with this device in North America must be rated by Underwriters
Laboratories for hospital use. Power cords used with this device in Europe must meet the
requirements of IEC 227 Designation 53 or IEC 245
Designation 53.
Correct and safe operation of the digitizer requires
familiarity with information that is not marked on the
product. The following symbol
indicates the operator should consult
the manual for additional
information.
This Class 1 LED device is safe
under reasonably foreseeable
conditions of operation.
The LED illumination system consists of 16 Class 1 LEDs, a mirror system to spread the
light, and a diffuser to distribute the light approximately uniformly across an area of 2.4
sq in (15.5 sq cm). Light from the LED illuminator may be indirectly observed in the
digitizer’s film entry and exit areas.
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Contents
Intended Use.............................................................................................................................6
Operating the VIDAR NDTPRO Industrial Film Digitizer ..............................................................7
About Digitizer and Film Sizes ............................................................................................7
About Films..........................................................................................................................8
Basic Operating Instructions ...............................................................................................9
Digitizing a Single Film......................................................................................................10
Digitizing Multiple Films.....................................................................................................12
Preventive Maintenance.........................................................................................................14
Cleaning the Auto-Feed Roller..........................................................................................14
Cleaning the Diffuser.........................................................................................................15
Replacing the Lamp Cartridge...........................................................................................19
Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................................20
Reading the LEDs .............................................................................................................20
Top LED: feeder status..............................................................................................21
Center LED: Digitizer Status......................................................................................21
Bottom LED: Power Status........................................................................................22
In Case of Difficulty............................................................................................................22
Weights and Dimensions.......................................................................................................25
Shipping weight and dimensions ................................................................................25
Digitizer weight and dimensions: ................................................................................25
Packing the Film Digitizer for Shipment..............................................................................26
1. Turn Off the Digitizer .....................................................................................................26
2. Disconnect the Power Cord and USB Cable.................................................................26
3. Remove the Exit Tray from the Digitizer Base ..............................................................27
4. Remove the Feeder from the Digitizer Base .................................................................28
5. Remove the Digitizer Base from the Stand ...................................................................29
6. Wrap Certain Items........................................................................................................29
7. Pack the Accessory Box................................................................................................30
8. Pack the Shipping Carton..............................................................................................32
Appendix: Electromagnetic Guidance.................................................................................33
Appendix: Symbols...............................................................................................................37

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Intended Use
The NDTPRO Industrial Film Digitizer is intended for making digital copies of x-ray films for non-
destructive testing applications. This device is not intended for medical use.

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Operating
the VIDAR NDTPRO Industrial Film Digitizer
About Digitizer and Film Sizes
Nominal
resolution
Pixels
(14”x17” film)
Spot size
(μm)
DPI
Line pairs
per mm
2K x 2.5K
2100 x 2550
170
150
3
4K x 5K
4200 x 5100
85
300
6
8K x 10K
7980 x 9690
44
570
11
Scan modes 16-bit, 12-bit and 8-bit grayscale outputs
Manual Feed
Film sizes Width: 2.36" to 14" (6cm to 35.6cm)
Length: 8" to 51"†(20.3cm to 129.5cm)
Thickness: 0.006" to 0.010" (0.15mm to 0.51mm)
†Longer films over 17” require user support during feeding, and a scanning
application that handles long films.
Auto film feeder Standard 25-film capacity (mixed sizes, no presorting)
Film sizes “Light box loading”: head-up, normal reading, left justified
Width: 7”to 14”(20.3cm x 35.6cm)
Length 8”to 17”(20.3cm x 43.2cm)
Thickness: 0.006”to 0.010”(0.15mm to 0.51mm)

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About Films
The film digitizer handles standard radiograph film sizes up to 14”(35.5cm) wide.
You can batch feed multiple films (up to 25), and you can mix film sizes ranging from 8”
x 8”(20.3cm x 24.5cm) to 14”x 17”(35.5cm x 43cm) in one batch feed stack—as long
as you follow the rules below.
IMPORTANT: Remove stickers, tape, staples, paper clips, etc.
from films before scanning. These may cause serious film
feeding problems and may damage the digitizer’s internal
mechanisms. Failure to remove extraneous items from
films will void your warranty.
Load films just as you would view them on a light box, with these qualifications:
Films must be loaded left justified.
Do not load films more than 17”(43.2cm) long for batch scanning in the auto feeder.
See “Digitizing a single film,” later in this chapter, when loading films longer than
17”.

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Basic Operating Instructions
1. Turn on the film digitizer and wait for all three LEDs to turn green.
Note: Always turn on the film digitizer before turning on the
computer. This enables the computer to recognize the digitizer.
Note: Several minutes are required for the digitizer to carry out
its internal diagnostics and establish communications with the
scanning application. These activities must be completed
before you can load film into the digitizer.
2. Turn on the computer.
3. Launch the scanning application.
IMPORTANT: Remove stickers, tape, staples, paper clips, etc.
from films before scanning. These may cause serious film
feeding problems. Failure to remove extraneous items from
films will void your warranty.
4. If you will be digitizing films 17”
(43.2cm) or longer, raise the film support
bar.
Longer films out to 51” may require
manual support.
5. Load the film.
How you load the film depends on whether you are digitizing one film or multiple
films, and the film sizes to be digitized. See the next pages for details.
CAUTION: X-ray images displayed on a computer monitor are
representative only. A variety of factors influence image density
and size—including monitor luminance and calibration, window
and level settings, zoom level, and dimensional and grayscale
inaccuracies resulting from build-up of tolerances in the
digitizer, display board and computer. For this reason, special
precautions must be exercised (e.g., calibrating the software
ruler and computer monitor) when taking measurements from
digitized images. Please refer to the user’s manual for your
digitizing software for more information.
Note: All films, regardless of size, must be left justified when
loaded into the feeder and/or digitizer.

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Digitizing a Single Film
Options for digitizing single films
There are two ways to scan a single film:
By manually inserting the film behind the blue bar (as
described in this section), or
By treating the single film as a batch-of-one (if the scanning
application supports this approach); for instructions, see
“Digitizing multiple films” (next section in this manual).
The digitizer cannot batch-of-one feed a single film smaller than
2.36" wide x 8" long (5.99cm wide x 20.3cm long). Do not scan
paper.
1. Hold the film in front of you as you
would view it on a light box.
2. Align the left edge of the film with
the film guide on the left side of the
feeder.
3. Place the film into the slot
BEHIND the blue bar.
The blue bar has a lip and a groove
on the top edge of the digitizer
where the feeder is attached. Place
a single film directly behind the
blue bar.
When the digitizer senses the film,
it automatically stages the film in preparation for digitizing. The film will first move
down, then up. This is normal operation.
CAUTION: If the film is not staged properly, do not manually
pull the film out of the digitizer. Instead, use the scanning
application’s EJECT command to remove the film.
Note: When a film has been staged, it is in the digitizer’s light
path. The ADC (Automatic Digitizer Calibration) feature requires
that the light path be clear of the film for proper background
calibration of the digitizer. The digitizer will automatically adjust
the film’s position to properly proceed with ADC. Depending on
the location of the film’s leading or trailing edge, and the length
of time the film has been blocking the light path, the film will be:
a) pushed up, or b) pushed down.
4. Using your scanning software, execute the Scan command.