AGFA DR 800 - Mounting the compression belt

Mounting the compression belt
This accessory is normally used for compressing possible layers of tissue
during the execution of abdominal examinations in order to reduce the
volume of the irradiated masses and thus reducing the quantity of radiation
scattering. The compression belt is also used to secure particularly emotional
or unstable patients.
This accessory consists of two mechanical supports for tension of a plastic belt
which is normally wound around one of the two supports and can be removed
to be periodically washed and sterilized. By means of knobs it is possible to
dose the compression belt’s tension.
1. Place the table in the horizontal position.
2. Insert one of the two mechanical supports in the guides of the tabletop
and turn the locking knob clockwise in order to fix the support onto the
guide in the requested position.
3. Insert the other mechanical support in the opposite guide symmetrically to
the first, using the same precautions and locking it in the desired position.
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Inserting the mechanical support
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Fastening the locking knob
4. Raise the pawl of the support containing the compression belt so that it is
free to unwind.
5. Make the free end of the belt, inside which has been previously inserted a
special rigid rod, pass under the bar of the opposite belt.
6. Insert the same end of the belt with the rigid rod inside the cleft of the
take-up roller.
7. Lower the pawl of the mechanical support from which the belt was
unwound so as to stop its unwinding.
8. Turn the knob of the take-up roller at least one turn clockwise.
9. In order to properly extend the belt, turn clockwise the knob of the belt
placed towards the free external side of the tabletop.
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248 | DR 800 | Options and accessories
0392C EN 20210309 1049