What is it?
TubeSource Tested is a new product offering from PartsSource and North American Imaging like no other. TubeSource Tested products feature pre-owned X-Ray Tubes, CT Tubes and Image Intensifiers to name but a few. And each product we sell is of superior quality and has a significantly longer warranty than other pre-owned glassware on the market today.
Why are we doing it?
Until today your choices for reliable pre-owned glassware was limited at best. No manufacturer had made the commitment to back their products with testing and warranties to ensure you could have confidence that the glassware would work and work at the level you've come to know and expect. With the PartsSource and NAI brand names standing behind these products you know have a credible source for Tested Glassware.
Warranty?
All TubeSource Tested products are with a minimum six months pro-rated warranty. And the first 30 days are offered with a full warranty! No other company today is as confident in their products and willing to stand behind them as we are.
Who should consider TubeSource Tested?
- ISO's and Insurance companies who have X-Ray and CT under contract
- Equipment Refurbishers
- Hospitals that need to keep a room operational for a short period of time or have limited budgets
- Doctors maintaining their own facility
What is the testing process - X-Ray and CT?
Housing
- Check stator type and stator resistance
- Perform "Hi-Pot" test - Stator must meet new OEM specs
- Metal insert tubes receive "Spark Gap" test
Heat Exchanger (if applicable)
- Cleaned of all lint and other foreign material and debris
- Site Glass viewed to verify flow - must meet OEM specs
- Verify pump bearings are operational and meet OEM specs
- Verify fans are operational and meet OEM specs
Insert
- Perform rotor test - decibel level must be at or below 85 decibels
- Check filament alignment
- Check the small and large (medium if tri-focus) filaments for illumination
Cap Off
- Check for any oil leaks
- Any parts causing leaks to be replaced and tube refilled and re-pumped with oil
Test & Certification
- Measure radiation leakage to meet new OEM specs
- Perform fluoro test up to max kvp and to 4mA. Must meet new OEM specs
- Perform rad test up to max kvp, mAs and filament voltages. Must meet new OEM specs
- Final stator re-test
Cosmetics
- Sand tube
- Prime tube
- Re-paint to new OEM color specs (unless requested otherwise)
- Apply any applicable new hardware
Final Inspection
- Visual inspection before packaging
- Complete QA/AC form and place in package for shipment
What is the testing process - Image Intensifiers?
- Physical inspection of Grid or Collision Sensor
- Remove lens to inspect for burn-in
- Power up II
- Inspect for artifacts - must meet new OEM specs
- Inspect for iron spots
- Inspect for shading issues
- Determine II resolution
- Determine II contrast ratio - must meet OEM specs
- Perform conversion factor test (gain rate or Gx test)
- Measure brightness uniformity
- Remove tested insert from housing
- Sand housing
- Prime housing
- Paint housing to original OEM specs (unless requested otherwise)
- Reload insert
- Focus optics
- Calibrate power supply (if applicable)
- Final visual inspection
- Complete QA/QC form and place in package for shipment
