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Clean the large-current slip ring and adjust brush alignment — 1.29

Vacuum and de-burr the large-current slip ring, its four brush assemblies, and the surrounding covers, cables and mold surfaces, then adjust every brush's contact-point alignment with the dedicated jig and close out with a rotation test — periodic maintenance item 1.29, the most safety-critical entry in the Gantry inspection table.

Applies to
Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A)
Personnel
Intermediate — de-energize both gantry breakers before touching the ring or brushes; remove three covers (Mylar ring, rear cover, dome cover); pull all four brush assemblies after marking each one's position/orientation; vacuum abraded carbon-brush material out of the insulating sheet, holders, brackets, ring groove, R-support mold surface, MUDAT metal section and shunt cables; judge brush wear/burrs by eye and correct with a cutter only (never sandpaper); reassemble to a specified 20 mm screw length and a 4.4 N·m bolt torque using a dedicated alignment jig seated against the slip ring between channels 2 and 3; close out with a local-mode rotation test at three tilt angles plus a by-ear foreign-matter check. No electrical test equipment beyond the torque wrench and a ruler is called out. (Skill assessment derived from procedure content — not an OEM-stated skill level.)
Steps
32 steps
Source
2Y201-061E*E p.34-58

Tools & parts

ItemPart numberQty
Vacuum cleanern/a in source1
Ragn/a in source1
Cuttern/a in source1
Long-nose pliersn/a in source1
Permanent markern/a in source1
Vinyl sheetn/a in source1
Nippern/a in source1
Rulern/a in source1
Torque wrenchn/a in source1
Alignment jign/a in source (this section does not print the jig's part number; the volume's own tool list in Sec 3 "Preparation" is reported elsewhere in this manual to name the jig — see [Related] — not independently confirmed in this section's text)1

Safety

DANGER

Hazard: Hazardous voltage present in the slip ring and the brushes

Consequence: Electric shock

Avoidance: Turn OFF all the breakers on the distribution panel/switchboard before removing the cover, and before it becomes necessary to touch the slip ring or the brushes for this check

NOTICE

Hazard: Cleaning abraded brush material with alcohol; source labels this call-out "CAUTION" — reclassified NOTICE here because the stated outcome is an LCSR short circuit, not personal injury

Consequence: Abraded brush material solidifies in the slip ring groove, causing an LCSR short circuit

Avoidance: Do not use alcohol to clean the abraded brush material

NOTICE

Hazard: Mishandling the ring, cover, or brushes during this cleaning procedure — sanding brush burrs instead of cutting them off, forcing the cover against the ring, rough handling of the fragile brushes, abraded material left to fall into the gantry, off-center brush mounting, or a miswired cable; source labels this call-out "CAUTION" — reclassified NOTICE here because every listed outcome is equipment/procedure-quality, not personal injury

Consequence: Abnormal brush wear (if sandpaper grains enter the brushes), a damaged ring, damaged or broken brushes, gantry contamination, or a misaligned/miswired brush assembly

Avoidance: Remove brush burrs with a cutter only — never sandpaper; take care not to force the ring when removing a cover; handle the brushes carefully and trim only their burrs; keep abraded material (powder) from falling into the gantry; center each brush assembly on the ring with the alignment jig when mounting it; verify the cable is connected correctly

CAUTION

Hazard: Abraded slip-ring brush material (carbon brushes containing a metallic element) generated throughout this cleaning procedure; source labels this call-out "NOTE" — reclassified CAUTION here as a personal-health precaution, not an equipment-only one

Consequence: Inhaling airborne abraded brush material

Avoidance: Thoroughly ventilate the work area and wear a protective mask before starting this work

NOTICE

Hazard: Performing other check/cleaning work with the dome cover removed after this cleaning procedure, without completing step (13) onward; source repeats this call-out twice — before step 1 and again after step 12

Consequence: Foreign matter such as dust or screw shavings falls on the ring, possibly resulting in slip ring discharge

Avoidance: Perform every check item from step (13) onward any time the dome cover is left off for other work

NOTICE

Hazard: A brush worn unevenly, left untrimmed before brush alignment; source labels this call-out "CAUTION" and repeats it twice — once at step 10 of the cleaning sequence, once in the brush-alignment reference material ("Unevenly worn brushes") — reclassified NOTICE here as an equipment-only outcome

Consequence: A projection can form on the brush, resulting in a short circuit

Avoidance: Remove the projection using a cutter so the brush surface is even before performing brush alignment

NOTICE

Hazard: Using sandpaper to correct unevenness on a worn brush; source labels this call-out "CAUTION" and repeats it in the same two places as the entry above — reclassified NOTICE here as an equipment-only outcome

Consequence: Sandpaper grains entering the brushes causes abnormal brush wear

Avoidance: Never use sandpaper to correct brush unevenness — use a cutter only

NOTICE

Hazard: Using a brush assembly mounting screw longer than specified; source labels this call-out "CAUTION" — reclassified NOTICE here as an equipment-only outcome

Consequence: Reduced clearance between the screw and the slip ring, possibly causing an LCSR short circuit

Avoidance: Use only the specified mounting screw (*6B6-20SDM, 20 mm long, fitted with washers SW6 and 2W6), confirmed with a ruler before tightening

Full step-by-step for Clean the large-current slip ring and adjust brush alignment — 1.29

All 32 steps are documented in the FSELIB Aquilion 16 (TSX-101A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Source: 2Y201-061E*E p.34-58. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.