Radiology: new Automatic Collimator R915 for Mammographic applications

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Feb. 6, 2015 - PRLog -- Ralco S.r.l. was founded in 1974 as a medical collimator manufacturer outside of Milan - Italy. Ralco now strive to provide the same excellence to North American customers with the opening of a California branch, Ralco Medical Components Inc., in 2014.

A medical collimation system is typically used to refer to the process and setup used during an x-ray event.

The purpose of the this system is to control the radiation that gets into the air during the x-ray procedure and also to ensure that films are not damaged during the X-ray process.

Ralco has recently produced a new X-ray collimator: Automatic Collimator R915.

R915 is a single layer, square/rectangular field, automatic collimation system intended for installation on mammography equipment. This unit has been designed and manufactured for mammographic investigations.

Technical feautures:

- Maximum Radiation Leakage: 90 kVp - 4 mA

- Single Layer Square Field: 2x2 in to 9.5x12 cm at 25.5 in SID

- Minimum Inherent Filtration: 0.02 mm Al equivalent

- Additional Variable Filtration

- White LED

- Dimensions: 9.5x7x3 in

- Weight: 8 lbs

- 4 Independent Lead Shutters

- CanBus Protocol (CanOpen on request)

More info on Ralco Website: http://www.ralcousa.com/products/collimators/mammography/

Ralco works with all the latest International Certifications:

cCSAus: Ralco products designated cCSAus are certified to have been built in accordance with or exceed the applicable CSA requirements and are approved for use in Canada and the United States.

CE: The CE marking is a key indicator of Ralco's compliance with EU legislation and enables the free movement of its products within the European market. By affixing the CE marking Ralco declares, at their sole responsibility, conformity with all of the legal requirements to achieve CE marking and therefore ensuring validity for that product to be sold throughout the European Economic Area.

CSQ: Quality System Certification. The markings CSQ and CSQ-MED are issued to manufacturers who comply with ISO 9000 standards.

CISQ: Certified companies are entitled to IQNet certification which confers international validity to certification and have the right to IQNet marking.

IQNET: QNET International Certification Network member.

ISO 9001: ISO 9001 is the standard used for quality assurance in design, development, production, installation and servicing. This designation demonstrates Ralco's capability for design/development of a product, for production, installation and servicing.