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Troubleshoot: couch top will not slide into/out of the gantry opening
Use this fault-isolation flow when the Aquilion 16 patient couch top won't slide into the gantry opening, won't slide back out of it, or hangs up partway — the source manual treats both directions as mirrored halves of the same flowchart, spanning two pages.
Applies to
Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) — Patient Couch Mechanism volume, source 2D201-062
Personnel
1 technician · Intermediate — electrical and mechanical fault isolation on the couch longitudinal (slide) drive; mixes sensor/connector inspection (IN-limit / OUT-limit sensors), an overcurrent-relay check, an electrical check for a slide servo amplifier error message, and mechanical observation (drive pulley rotation, belt movement, coupling engagement), and ends by handing off to the longitudinal drive-unit replacement and slide servo-amplifier replacement procedures (skill assessment derived from procedure content — not an OEM-stated skill level)
Steps
13 steps
Source
2D201-062E*F p.33-34
Full step-by-step for Troubleshoot: couch top will not slide into/out of the gantry opening
All 13 steps are documented in the FSELIB Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.
Open the full procedureRelated Couch/Table (Longitudinal) guides
Adjust the slide drive belt tension6 stepsAdjust the couch-top supporting rollers (level and sway)4 stepsReplace the horizontal (longitudinal) drive unit5 stepsReplace the couch slide servo amplifier3 stepsTroubleshoot: slide stop accuracy, roller ride, rattle/sway, noise, and no in/out motion0 stepsRun the console malfunction-diagnosis program (hwtest)0 steps
View all Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) guidesSource: 2D201-062E*F p.33-34. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.