ProMax

PRE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS AND DIMENSIONS

Wall preparation:
The pan or pan/ceph creates
pull-out force of 1216 pounds.

Wall bracket has 4 pre drilled holes,

16” and 12” on center. Either ones can be used.

If metal studs are in wall, use a mounting board to

expand the load over several studs to meet the pull -
out requirement. If needed, sandwich the wall on
both sides.
16”
48” – 50”

8-16”

YOU MUST USE EITHER

1. Top wall bracket and floor screws
OR
2. Two wall brackets.
Only one wall bracket is supplied with each system.
If planning for 2 wall brackets, you must add part#
10001073 to your order.

INPUT / OUTPUT OUTLETS

All outlets must be within 3ft from the back of the column and 12”-48” from the floor.

1. Power: 110V, 20A dedicated circuit.

2. Remote exposure switch (See page 6 for wiring diagram):
2”x4” electrical outlet boxes at ProMax and remote exposure switch location.
½ ” conduit between the 2"x4" electrical boxes required.
All parts supplied for exposure switch connection.
3. Pan/ceph film units w/ Admark: 1½ ” conduit to the darkroom, 30ft. cable supplied.
4. ProMax Ethernet interface: Standard Ethernet RJ4 5 port to the network HUB/SWITCH.

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Top limits can be set at the install site.

60 ½” – 95 ¾”
38 ½” – 74”
chinrest
48” – 50”
8”-16”

Recommended operating dimensions

(actual product dimensions in parenthesis)

Film Digital
64” (48”) 61” (42 ½ ”)
22” (9”) 42” (39”) 22” (9”) 39” (33 ½ ”)
27 ½ ” 27 ½ ”
rest position
(entry1)
37”
64” (49 ½ ”)

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Top limits can be set at the install site

ear supports
38” – 73 ½ ”

60 ½” – 95 ¾”
38 ½” – 74”
32 ½ “ – 67 ¾”

chinrest
51” – 86 ½ ”

48” – 50”
8-16”

Recommended operating dimensio ns

(actual product dimensions in parenthesis)
88” (83 ½ ”)

46” (44 ½ ”) 42” (39”)

27 ½”
28”

rest position
(entry1)
64” (49 ½ ”)

37”

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Top limits can be set at the install site

60 ½” – 95 ¾”
51 ¼” – 86 ½”
33” – 68 ½”

38 ½” – 74”
38” – 73 ½”
ear supports

chinrest

Recommended operating dimensions

(actual product dimensions in parenthesis)
85” (78”)

46” (44 ½”) 39” (33 ½”)

27 ½”
30”

rest position
64” (49 ½ ”)

(entry1)
37”

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Other install information:
Each film based machine comes with one Autoprint Pan Cassette ( pan unit )
OR
Standard Pan Cassette plus Ceph Cassette for Admark use ( pan/ceph unit )

Extra cassettes Standard panoramic, order number 50024021

w/ Lanex screens: Autoprint panoramic, order number 10001288
C e pha lome tric , order number 50024015

Film recommended: pan: Agfa Dentus Ortholux 6”x12”

c e ph: A gfa D e ntus O rtholux 8 ”x 1 0 ”

Bite sticks: Bite sticks are autoclavable

E x tra bite s tic k s , 1 0 - pa k , orde r numbe r 1 0 0 0 4 2 8 0
T omo bite pla te s , 1 0 - pa k w/ 2 rods : orde r numbe r 1 0005520
nd
2 wall bracket: order number 10001073
(optional)

Handheld exposure order number 10004040

switch w/ wall mount
(optional)

Darkroom: Light tight, GBX2 filter on safe light, 15W frosted maximum.
N o c los e r tha n 4 8 ” from ope n film.

Computer specs: 512 MB of RAM

for digital Win 2000, XP
PCAnywhere connection in Imaging Station and Image server computers
Hard drive: 2x 40GB for average size practice. Please consult with Planmeca
certified computer provider for your computer needs. Requirements vary
greatly based on usage.

For more technical information,

please contact Planmeca Customer Care (630) 529-230 0 or visit www.PlanmecaUSA.com

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Digital X-ray Imaging Hardware Diagrams
and System Requirements for CPU Specifications Database Server CPU Specifications
Planmeca Digital Panoramic Digital Image Workstation
For Panoramic, Bitewing, Tomographic
Specifications
• Pentium 4 or Higher
Additional Workstations
For Panoramic,
and Dixi X-Ray Systems and Cephalometric 2D images
• Pentium 4 or Higher
•
•
2 Hard Drives, 160 GB each min.
1 GB or more RAM
Tomographic and Cephalometric
images
• 60 GB or better HD • WINDOWS XP / Server 2003 OS / • Refer to Digital Image
• 2 GB or more RAM Vista (32 bit OS Only) Acquisition Workstation (2D)
• WINDOWS XP / Server 2003 OS /
Vista (32 bit OS Only) • Ethernet 10/100 Mbit
• Ethernet 10/100 Mbit
Planmeca • 24-32 bit graphic card Server Additional Workstation
• monitor 1024 x 768 res. min. • Stores and archives all data For Panoramic,
Digital X-Ray • High Speed Internet, DSL or better to MS SQL or SOLID. Tomographic and
(ProMax Shown) The data server should have Cephalometric images (2D)
NOTE:
large hard drive disk space, • Dimaxis Software
Dimaxis is NOT compatible hardware redundancy and a
with 64Bit OS Systems logical backup system.
Image Acquisition Workstation (2D)
Note: If using Vista, only Vista
• Dimaxis Software acquires the
Business or Vista Ultimate
Panoramic, Tomographic
(32 bit) OS is required
and Cephalometric images (2D). and requires Dimaxis 4.3.X
• Dimaxis Imaging Software is used or newer.
to enhance, filter, measure,
diagnose, archive and export
the images.

Note: If using Vista, only Vista Dimaxis Imaging Software

Business or Vista Ultimate for 2D X-Ray Imaging
(32 bit) OS is required
and requires Dimaxis 4.3.X
or newer.

Ethernet Ready
The new, built-in Ethernet
connection for Planmeca Optional
Digital X-rays offers direct Crossover
network connectivity.
You can literally plug the Local Area Network Connection
Ethernet connection Required for sharing printer or adding
directly into your network. additional workstations.

Optional
Note: An Uninterrupted Printer
Power Supply (UPS) is P LA N M E C A
recommended for
the X-Ray. X - R a y Im a g in g S y s t e m s