GE Healthcare · MRExcite
Table Longitudinal Drive Problems Due to Gear Reducer 40 to 1 Gear Box.
Symptom
Table is making a grinding noise when the cradle drives into the bore.
Error message
The Cradle is Obstructed This is a popup error message that the operator sees when the cradle is commanded to move and the system does not sense the movement. (The system counts encoder pulses per unit of time and will fail if none or too few pulses are seen). The error message is not logged in the message log.
Applies to
- Models
- Excite
- Product
- Excite Includes Excite 1 and Excite 2, 10.0, 11.0 and 11.1 Software.
- Software
- 11.0 Only for 1.5T Excite product. 12.0 is Excite HD and 14.0 is Excite HDx. Note, 3T Excite goes with software G3, not 11.0 or 11.1.
- Component
- 46-282359P2 Gear 16 mm or 40-1 speed reducer Part of the longitudinal motor drive assembly in line with motor in rear pedestal. See long description 15 46–282359P2 2 SPEED REDUCE 1 40 TO 1 NON–MAGNETIC GEAR REDUCER Note: Part Description in FEMC is simply "GEAR 16 MM"
- Area
- MR
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