carestream cr elite Service codes
carestream cr elite Service codes
2012-01-18
IMPORTANT: When doing the procedures in this document, you must use safe work
practices and wear the correct Personal Protective Equipment (for example, Safety
Eyewear) according to your Company's Standard Operating Procedures.
Announcement
CARESTREAM Classic CR with Easy View Display and the CARESTREAM Elite CR
with Single Frame Design System
1.
Overview
The following components or sub-systems are the new changes for the new
Classic/Elite CR System:
1.
To accomplish this the reader will extract an exposed plate from a cassette, scans
the plate (excites the phosphors using a laser), collects the light emitted by the
plate, digitizes the signal from photo multipliers, performs image processing and
transmits the digitized data representing the latent image via connection to a
DICOM network (Elite) or direct connect to console (Classic/Elite). An internal
imaging plate eraser will remove the residual image. The plate is then returned to
the cassette, ready for the next exposure.
Changes to the Classic/Elite CR System product are to achieve the following goal:
The following service documentation is new or revised. All service documentation will
be available in a PDF format to all Carestream Health trained field engineers and dealers
from the Service Portal.
Publication No.
Publication Name
AR5258-1
Adjustments and Replacements (update)
II5258-3
Effective January 26, 2012, the following new parts for the Classic/Elite CR System
will be available from Service Parts Management.
Service Strategy
Service will continue as it is currently in place for Classic/Elite CR Systems. The
service codes are not changing for Classic/Elite CR Systems. Therefore it is crucial to
feedback CR System serial numbers in CRM and SCAN plus. This is the only way to
track the new systems vs. old.
Carestream Health, Inc. Confidential
Pub No. SB6K1344
Page 4
The following table lists the Serial Nos. for old and new systems:
Service Training
New
Old
Carestream Health, Inc. Confidential
Pub No. SB6K1344
Page 5
Training Modules –
Course Name
Type
Description
Length
Pre-requisites
Classic and Elite CR
Systems Update Training
Online
An online overview of
the differences
between previous and
new Classic/Elite CR
Systems.
45 mins
Taken by service or
customers who have
already received
Classic/Elite training;
taken at the conclusion
of any Classic/Elite
classroom training for
new dealers/service to
reinforce and assess
classroom training.
Classic and Elite CR
Systems Update Training
Classroom Modules
Classroom A
classroom
module
divided into key topics
which can be
transitioned into CR
curriculums that cover
Classic/Elite CR
Systems.
30 mins
Will be incorporated
into any current
Classic/Elite classroom
training.