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  • Version: 4.2
  • Date: Feb 28, 2020 3:21:49 PM

Applying LOTO - PEN cabinet (magnet room electronics)

Prerequisites

Personnel requirements
Required persons Preliminary requirements Procedure Finalization
1 - 30 minutes -
Tools and test equipment
Item Quantity Part number Manufacturer
RED Logout Tagout Lock with Each Lock Uniquely Keyed 1 5451778 -
Multi-Locking Device (if multiple service personnel are involved) 1 46-194427P313 -
Red Warning LOTO Tag 1 46-194427P322 -
Digital Voltmeter (DVM) 1 46-194427P284 -
Safety

Before working in any GE Healthcare MR suite or performing any GE Healthcare service procedure, you must:

  • Have read and understood all hazard conditions and safety requirements in the latest revision of the GE Healthcare MR Service Safety Manual (5452735).
  • Have successfully completed all relevant GE Healthcare Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) courses (or for non-GE employees, equivalent workplace training courses).
  • Comply with all site-specific training and workplace safety requirements.

If you have any safety concerns at any time, do not begin work or immediately stop work and move to a safe location. Immediately contact your supervisor or site safety officer for instructions on how to proceed.
  • warning
  • Electrocution hazard
  • High voltage present.
  • Use proper LOTO procedures before servicing and/or maintaining.
Prior to performing service or maintenance work on the RF (Radio Frequency) Subsystem electronics, Penetration (PEN) Cabinet Panel electronics (such as Patient Handling Power Supply), or Magnet Room electronics (such as the Scan Room Interface (SRI) and Patient Blower), a LOTO-authorized GE Field Engineer (FE) must perform the steps in this Lock Out / Tag Out (LOTO) procedure. Completing all steps in this procedure ensures a safe environment when working on these parts.
note: Observe the following:
  • There are two types of PDUs/PGR Cabinets. The LOTO steps are the same, but the physical components are slightly different.
  • This procedure does not cover the Gradient Filter. For LOTO requirements of the Gradient Filter, refer to LOTO for the PGR PDU/Gradient Subsystem.
Affected by LOTO
Name of equipment Number of locks Titles of employees authorized to perform LOTO Titles of affected employees How to notify
Examples of RF Subsystem components

  • RF Amplifier located in Power, Gradient, RF (PGR) cabinet

  • Optional Multi-Nuclear Spectroscopy (MNS) Amplifier

Examples of Pen Cabinet Electronics

  • Scan Room Power Supply (SRPS)

  • Patient Handling Power Supply (PHPS)

  • Driver Module

Examples of Magnet Room Electronics

  • Patient Blower

  • RF Hub

  • RF Hub Blower

 1 per GE Field Engineer (FE) GE Field Engineers Hospital Personnel Verbal, Posted signs

note: The following table describes the type, location, and magnitude of energy to be LOTO’d.
Energy source Yes No Location of energy Magnitude/type of energy
Electrical x   Power, Gradient, RF Cabinet (PGR) PDU (power distribution unit) Circuit Breaker Panel 208 VAC
Pneumatic   x    
Hydraulic   x    
Gas/Water/Steam   x    
Chemical   x    
Mechanical Motion   x    
Gravity   x    
Springs   x    
Thermal   x    
Stored Energy x   Time discharge of internal capacitors 170 VDC
Air Under Pressure   x    
Oil Under Pressure   x    
Water Under Pressure x   Heat Exchanger Cabinet (HEC) PGR Pump Circuit Breaker (PPMPCB) and RF amp quick disconnect 5.0 Bar (80 psi)
Gas Under Pressure   x    
Steam   x    
Other   x    

Procedure

  1. Notify affected personnel working in the area that LOTO is being performed.
  2. Make sure the host computer is shut down.
  3. Make sure the SRPS, PHPS, or eSRPS LEDs are lit to confirm power is on.

    Figure 1. PEN cabinet LEDs on (SRPS)

    Figure 2. PEN cabinet LEDs on (eSRPS)

  4. At the front panel of the PDU, switch the PDM-RF (or PEN Cabinet) circuit breaker to the OFF (down) position.

    Figure 3. Old style PEN cabinet circuit breaker

    Figure 4. New style PEN cabinet circuit breaker

    1 Circuit breaker
    2 Apply personal LOTO device
  5. At the front panel of the PDU covering the circuit breakers, apply a personal LOTO device for each FE working on the equipment.
  6. Make sure power is OFF. Look at the SRPS or PHPS LEDs to visually confirm that the power is OFF. See Figure 1 or Figure 2.

    If the LEDs are on, confirm RF Subsystem/PEN Cabinet is in the OFF position.

  7. Make sure all energy has dissipated. Measure the voltage at the Power Distribution Module incoming AC connector and confirm 0 volts.
    note: The PHPS power switch LED is off when the voltage is dissipated.

    Figure 5. PGR power distribution module terminal board (if present)