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Chap-Pre-Requirements.fm
GE Healthcare Senographe DS
Revision 1 Service Information and Procedures Class A 2385072-16-8EN
Pre-Installation System Requirements
10-3. Anchoring to the Floor
10-3-1. The Positioning Templates
The installation kit supplied with the equipment includes two templates printed on white paper. These
templates assist with the layout of the Gantry and Control Station, and positioning the anchors.
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Notice:
Remember to respect the minimum distances required between the Gantry and the Control Station
or radiation screen to allow access to the stop motion buttons.
10-3-2. Anchoring Inserts
Please ensure that the load rating for the floor is enough to withstand the mass of the Gantry, the Control
Station, and the Generator: refer to Floor Requirements on page 332.
10-3-2-1. Anchoring Inserts Provided with the Senographe System (only for non-seismic areas)
The recommendations listed in the table below correspond to the anchoring inserts that are supplied with
the Senographe system. You must choose to use different anchoring inserts if your floor thickness is less
than 120 mm and/or if you are installing the Senographe system in a seismic area.
If you use different anchoring inserts to those supplied, you must use the recommendations correspond-
ing with those anchoring inserts and not those listed in this table. Your local structural engineer is
responsible for evaluating the recommendations of third-party anchoring inserts.
Anchoring holes in the floor Gantry baseplate
(see Illustration 15)
Control Station baseplate
(see Illustration 16)
Number of holes in the plate 34
Diameter of the hole in the plate 11 mm 14 mm
Hole diameter in the floor 10 mm 16 mm
Hole depth in the floor Min: 70 mm
Max: 110 mm
Min: > 90 mm
Provided inserts Fischer FUR 10x100SS
External diameter of
10 mm for a screw with
7 mm diameter
Hilti HAM M10x80
External diameter of
16 mm for a screw with
10 mm diameter
Maximum bolt load pull tension (at
each bolt)
150 daN 580 daN
Minimum floor thickness 120 mm 120 mm
Recommended tightening torque 10.1 Nm 45 Nm on concrete
20 Nm on masonary