Equipment Storage - Philips CARDIOMD Service Manual

Figure 8.9 Minimum clearance for turns
8.2.3

Equipment Storage

If the equipment is to be stored by the customer prior to installation, the storage facility housing
the equipment must be dry and be kept at a constant temperature. The storage facility should be
regulated between 50° F and 86° F (10° C and 30° C), have a relative humidity between 45% and
80%, and have a dust-free environment. 55% relative humidity is recommended.
CAUTION
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WARNING
The detector crystal assemblies are extremely fragile and sensitive to sudden
changes in temperature. The detector heads are thermally protected within the
gantry-shipping container. Collimators are also mounted and shipped on the
detectors providing additional thermal protection. The thermal protection
controls the temperature change rate of the crystals.
Caution. You must never remove this thermal protection before the detectors
have been in a controlled environment and the detectors have reached room
temperature. It is suggested that the detector temperature is allowed to stabilize
for a period of 24 hours with the thermal protection still on the detectors, in
instances where the equipment is being relocated from one temperature to an
extremely different temperature environment.
The accepted rate of change should be less than 15° F (8° C) per hour. Do not
locally heat or cool the detector so as to produce gradients greater than 5° F
(3° C) across the detector face. Failure to comply may result in breakage of the
detector crystal.
Installation
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