Chapter G - TROUBLESHOOTING
Planmeca Proline EC X-ray unit G-5
DISTURBANCES IN CASSETTE MOVEMENT
Technical Manual
4.5 Abnormal noise during rotation
5 DISTURBANCES IN CASSETTE MOVEMENT
5.1 Cassette carriage does not move
5.2 Cassette carriage stops suddenly
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
Trembling from step motor gen-
erates resonance noise which
is characteristic to the mecha
-
nism. Cables from the upper
part of the Z-carriage may also
generate noise. The noise
besides these is abnormal.
Attachment of the driving sur-
face to the groove.
Function of the cable guide.
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
Cassette motor is not running Keyboard out of order
PCB defective
Motor defective or connector
loose
SYMPTOM POSSIBLE REASON CORRECTIVE ACTION
The motor stops running. If
error code appears, see error
code explanations.
Motor or PCB defective or
motor cable loose.
Motor stops/stalls Gear assembly damaged.
One of the connectors loose.
Motor/drawing wheel glides Linear bearing gets stuck.
Cassette carriage gets stuck to
secondary slot or another part
of the mechanism.
Grease on driving wheel or
driving surface.