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A Tube ProcecElon Clrcult (TPC) proceccs che x-ray
cube carget f rom lns cancaneous ove rloads. Indepe rF
denc adjuscmencs are provlded for long and short
term poqrer raci.ngs for boCh large and small focal
spocs. Tltts circul t coordlnaces kV, EA and Tlme
seleccfons so chac shenever a comblnaclon of faccors
exceed Ehe t,ube raElng, e pulsatf ng alarm sounds.
SimllarIy, Ehe PREP and Expose funcElons are dlsabled.
g.ALrBRATr0N
Tlme-Power Producc AdJuscmenc
There are three oeans of adjusclng Ehe shape of Bhe
tlme-power product curve based on x-ray Cube ra!lng
curves. Flgure 3 lllusCraces che prlnctple of che
Elre pourer curve generacor. A volcage dlvtder ls
sec up by R49 and 5t co adJust t,he upper po$rer
ltmit for the small and large focal spocs. Reslsc-
ors R48 and 50 sec Che poser llmlcs chac sould be
obcalned wtch a 6 second exposure for the soall
and large focal spots.
Using the rat,lng chart for an x-ray cube, (e.g.
HachleCc Dynamax 0 l-2 oru) one can f tnd char che
shorc centr por.rer ratlng for the small spoc fs 22
KIJP, and for Ehe 2 mE large spoc , 45 KIJP. A scalc
facco r has been decerurlned based on che avallable
power raclng of che generacor and the volc;ge
avallab Ie at Ehe 1lnl c poc ent looe cers , R48-R5 t ;
thls flgure 1s 0.23 volcs/ktlowecc.
Ustng che same rattng chart one tould flnd 8 KIJP
and 20 KUP, respectlvely, ac 6 seconds, che oaxloun
exposure Cime. Thls lnforuaCton would lndlcatc
b thac. che reslscors controlllng che long EerB poirer
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AJ raclngs (R48 and 50 f or I x 0.23 r 1.84 volt,s, and
20 x 0.23 - 4.6 volcs, respeccively) should be ad-
JusCed.
The procedure oucllned assumes cha elther \1gh
power or lot polre r x-ray tubes are used ul ch thf
genereEor. There are clro lnpucs co che heac
comPa raEo r.
' ltre accual KHP lnto the targec.
o The assuoed raclng, es a funcclon of exposura
tlne. . should not change any Eechnlque faccors then the
The genrator can only ytcld 4s Kttp, thtlc x-raJt
tube types exlsc tlCh ractngs fn excess of 100 KtJp
ac shorc exposure !taes.
l. AdJusc the po,er coopucar reglstors. To do thls
sec the gcnreror controls for r00 kvp end 100
aA. tJi ch a DvH connecccd a t the basc of ql
(TPl), adJusr R3 o obcafn 6.9 volc.
AdJusc the generacor for tz5 kvp r 200 EA. sct
R44 for 5.75 volcg.
AdJusc che gcneracor for l2i kv c 150 Er.
R45 for 4.3 volt,s.
AdJusr Ehe gencrecor for 125 kv ec r00 nA.
R46 for 2.9 volts.
AdJust the genereror for 125 kv rc 50 rA. set
R47 for 1.43 volca.
2. consulc the tube ratlng chart. Appended, for
llluscreclve purposes, ls thc ret,lng charc for
che Dynarnax 40, LZ, HD40 end 59. Selcct Ghe
r 50 aA staclon. Thtr tlll cctvate the Saall
Spoc conc rols.
Supplemenca r.v Info rna c ion
325R Generacor
. ,""J'"0; :J::""'.1''.T:::::",,o,"d ror che
small spoc (f.e. 100 kV, L/L?O of a second
or che shorces c Etne on che charc. DeCermlne
che mA value ac chls tncerseccfon, spproxl-
mately 220 mA for che DX40. Connect, volc-
mecer Eo che emtccer of Q6 (TPz), -adjusC R49 '
for ZZ ktJ x 0.23 V/UU ! 5.06 volcs.
b. Repeac above for large spoc. Ad jusc rnA
srl Ech f or 200 mA. Fo r DX4 0 I . 0, 2. 0 Ia rge
spoc ylelds 480 mA ac 100 kV. Therefore,
adJust R5l for 11.04 vol!,s.
c. Look up the allowed currenc for che small
spoc at 6 seconds, t00 kVp. Decerulne the
pot.ler. For rhe DX40, Ehe lncersecEfon fs
80 mA whlch ylelds 8 kl.l. Connecc a DVM co
TP3 (JuncElon of R42 and R36). AdJusr R48
f or I x 0.23 : 1.84 volcs. Turn che srA
swf cch Bo che 50 EA staclon. Set che t,fme
swl tch co 6 seconds.
d. For the large spoc che power ls 15 klJ. Turn
ghe nA sw{tch co 200 nA, adJusc che clme
sstcch co 6 seconds. AdJusc R50 for 15 x
0.23 r 3.45 volcs.
3. Sec che Etme stltch co I second. Decermlne for
the large spoc the naxlmur power allored ac I
gecond, wtrtch for thls example ls 27 klJ. Ac
300 mA thts ls 90 kv. AdJusc che generacor for
lhese paramecers. AdJusc R42 so chat che alarq
trtll sound. Turn the Etme swtcch co shorcer
exposure tfnes; Che alarn should noc sound.
CAUT TON
THE TPC CIRCUIT HUST BE ADJUSTED
TO ENSURE SAFE OPERATION OF THE
X-RAY TUBE. IOTE TI{AT THE CIR-
CUIT TMCKS THE RATINC CURVE
1.' ITHI N 2OZ.
NOTE
s There ls no need co oake exDosures
durlng chls procedure.
OPE R.ATI ON
To prevenc operaclonal dlfflculttes, rhe operacor
gcnerato. f n PREP or E:(POSE.
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tJhen the pulsatlng alarm sounds, che ttone-power
product should b reduced.
THEORY OF OPERATION
Poscr Slgnal
A voltage proporclonal ro kv ls tsolaced by Tl, rec-
clfed by Dll, and ftlcered by R25-cl. An acrenuacor
rttwork, shlch ls selecced by tlre flt\ swttch, provldes
I DC volcage proporclonal co che kV-nA producc. R43
sect the proporclonallcy for 300 oA, thlle R44, 45,
46 end 47 sec the dtvfslon raclos for 200, 150, 100
scc and 50 nA, respecclvely. The maximum Dc voltage ls
?0 vDc. For t00 kv ac 300 oA che volrage ls seE ro be
6.9 volrs r 0.23 volcs per ktloratc.
sec
Ttoe Stt cch
The res ls r necuork ln che E tne stl tch ls used f or
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trro purposes l llnlng and tube procect lon. Relay
K2 sltches the tlne deck f rom cube procecc lon shen
de-cnerglzed t,o Etolng hen energlzed.
rf the technlques selected are
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llof ts, relay Kl rtll be energlzed by Q4, che coo-
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X-Rav Genera cor
RPE-3 25R

IbITRODUCTION
Ttris modificatioa allots more precise control of
kV output by the addition of pushbutton selection
of t 2 kV st,eps at any porer setting.
DESCRIPTION
Four pushbutton srritches have been added to Ehe
generator control pane1, allowing selection of a
-2 kV step, a + 2 kV step, a standard setting as
selected by the kVp rotary striEch ("OFF") and se-
lecton of EIGH and LOW kVp rangss. (fnis last
func t j-on was p rev ious ley conEroll ed by a rocker
sr-itch.) Ttre fine control i-s obcained by the use
of a buck/boost rinding added to Ehe maj-n auto-
trans f orrer .

OPEP,ATION (Ref er to Schena tic diagrarn)

Assu-i ng that oo pushbutton is depressed, current
flows from the 104 Volt tap on che AuEocransformer
through the norTn lly clos ed contac f,,s o f K10 , K8 ,
and K9. It can be leen tbac ciepressing Ehe OFF
pushbutton in tnj.s case tras no ef f ecc, since KB
and K9 are de-ener gizeC .
Assur:ing that t,he operator wishes Eo nake an
eh?osure 2 kV less than che ind,:.cated sec ting
on the rocary sr-irca, Sl10 is depressed. Ttris
rou t es U+ \fDC through the OFF sr':l tcit and ener-
gizes K8, whlch ttJ.ocks-in" tirrough its own nor-
nally open contact. (If K9 was previously ener-
tLzedi St10 also de-energizes ir. ) I{igh vol tage
is chen sent chrough the auxillar)' r.'inding in
opposite phase co che ouEpuc of TPI- ihrough che
upper set of K8rs norEally open contacts and
chrough K9 t s nonnally closed cont,ac t . The
bucking action produced losers the ef f ec t:-ve
ou cpuE of Che auto Crans f o:rrer .

As sun'ing that the operacor tishes to nke an

exposure Z kV hiir.er Ehan, the inCicaced seicing
on the rocary swirch, Sll2 is ciepressed. This
energizes K9 , ririch " locks- in" Ehrou gh i cs oem
norrnally open concac E and de-ne:gizes K8 . High
volcage j.s senc chrough the au>:ilia:;r r"-inding in
t,he saue phase as cire oucput of 131 , which causes
a bolFvol tage to b e pro.rced , thus ra j-s ing the
effective output oi he auCoEransforrner.

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setting, the OFF pushbucton is depresscd, rhich
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{" breaks the 24 VDC holding in KB and K9. Voltage
Erolr flows through the norrtrally closed contacts of
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K8 aud K9 as described earlier.

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PARTS LIST
Ttre f ollorring
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iterns have been added:

REF
DES PART II DES CRIPTION
5104 P-7 547 90-4 Sritch r pushbuttoo ,S?ST
( "Hr/Lo"
S110-S 112 P-7 547 90-5 tch, pushbut tor\ DP NO/TC
S!-i
(tt+ ? l'.vtt, rt- 2 kvtt) ( t'oFFr')
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K8, K9 P-7 5t+7 94-2 Relay , 24 V, DPDT, 30 Anp
KJ.O P-7 54806-2 Relay , 24 V, SPDT

Note: P-7 547 89 Rocker sritch has been deleced .

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This pushbut ton selec Es *^is pushbutton selects

a voltage 2 F.v less chan a voltage 2 kV greacer
tb.an the scanCcrd sectiag.
Ehe sE,andard seEting.

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