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Disintegrating belt jams cobalt‐60 source drive mechanism
Author(s) -
Anderson D. W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595088
Subject(s) - pinion , mechanism (biology) , cobalt , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , rack
A Picker C9 teletherapy machine cobalt‐60 source failed to retract because fragments of a badly deteriorated drive belt had caught on the drive gear and jammed the pinion gear. (AIP)