CoRE Labs Halo FMTS X-Ray

Halo FMTS Floor-Mounted Tube Positioning

The CoRE Labs Halo FMTS configuration uses the Triton, also identified as tritonRAD, Floor Mount Tube Stand as its tube-positioning component. The stand is manually positioned and fully counterbalanced, allowing the technologist to move the X-ray tube without relying on motorized travel.

Its freestanding design supports movement between table and wall-stand positions without requiring an overhead tube-support structure or wall attachment.

Halo FMTS Key Benefits

• • Standard 90 in (2286 mm) longitudinal travel along the floor track
  • Counterbalanced manual vertical positioning
  • Positive vertical lock for position retention during a power interruption
  • Real-time distance and tube-angle feedback
  • ±180° column rotation
  • ±180° tube rotation
  • ±5 in (±127 mm) positioning from table center
  • Freestanding floor-mounted installation
  • Extended longitudinal travel configurations available

The Triton is a positioning component rather than a complete X-ray system by itself. A complete radiography room also requires the appropriate X-ray generator, tube, collimator, detector or other image receptor, acquisition system, and associated components.

Triton Distance & Tube-Angle Feedback

The Triton display provides real-time source-to-image distance (SID), which is the distance between the X-ray tube focal spot and the image receptor. This gives the technologist direct positioning feedback when aligning the tube with table- or wall-mounted receptors.

Real-Time Table & Bucky SID

For table-based positioning, the backlit display shows the current SID to the table or Bucky.

A Bucky is the assembly that holds the image receptor and grid.

Tube-Angle Feedback in One-Degree Increments

When the tube is rotated left or right, the display changes from SID to tube angulation and shows the angle in one-degree increments.

The tube assembly also provides mechanical indexing at 90° intervals. These positioning stops help the technologist locate common tube orientations during manual positioning.

Wall-Stand Distance Feedback at 90°

When the tube reaches a 90° position, the display shows real-time SID to the wall stand. This provides direct tube-to-receptor distance feedback when moving from table-based imaging to an upright wall-stand position.

Touchscreen Operation Available

Touchscreen operation is available as an interface option for the Triton FMTS. The tube stand itself remains manually positioned and counterbalanced.

Halo FMTS Integration with the floraRAD & Atlas

The CoRE Labs Halo FMTS can serve as the floor-mounted tube-positioning component in a broader CoRE Labs radiography-room configuration.

CoRE Labs floraRAD X-Ray Wall Stand

The CoRE Labs floraRAD X-Ray Wall Stand provides upright image-receptor positioning.

The floraRAD can provide vertical position feedback to a compatible CoRE Labs floor-mounted tube stand, helping coordinate tube and receptor positioning during upright imaging.

CoRE Labs Atlas Radiographic Table

The CoRE Labs Atlas Radiographic Table provides table-based patient positioning within a fixed radiography room.

Used with the Triton floor-mounted tube stand and an upright wall stand, the Atlas can support a room configuration designed for both table-based and upright imaging.

CoRE Labs Halo Overhead Alternative

For rooms better suited to overhead tube positioning, the CoRE Labs Halo OTS & OTC provides an alternative tube-support approach.

Clinical Environments Best Suited for the Halo FMTS

The CoRE Labs Halo FMTS is best suited to fixed X-ray rooms that need frequent movement between table and wall-stand imaging, broad tube travel, and floor-mounted positioning without an overhead support. Real-time SID and tube-angle feedback help streamline repeated positioning, while the counterbalanced, ball-bearing construction is designed for sustained clinical use.

Clinical Environments Best Suited for the Halo FMTS

The Halo FMTS can support fixed radiography workflows in:

• • Hospitals and health systems
  • Diagnostic imaging centers
  • Orthopedic and sports medicine practices
  • General radiology clinics
  • Multi-specialty medical practices
  • Physician offices with dedicated X-ray rooms
  • Urgent care centers with fixed radiography
  • Chiropractic practices
  • Podiatry and foot-and-ankle practices
  • Veterinary hospitals and practices with dedicated radiography rooms

The floor-mounted configuration can be particularly useful where a facility wants the positioning range of a fixed X-ray room without installing an overhead tube-support structure. Final suitability depends on the selected table, wall stand, detector, generator, room dimensions, and clinical imaging requirements.

Fixed Radiography Room Applications

When configured with the appropriate table, wall stand, receptor, and X-ray components, the Triton supports:

• • Table-based general radiography
  • Upright wall-stand radiography
  • Tube positioning at different vertical heights
  • Angled tube positioning
  • Movement between table and upright receptor positions
  • Fixed X-ray rooms using floor-mounted rather than overhead tube positioning

The combination of longitudinal movement, vertical adjustment, tube rotation, and column rotation provides multiple ways to align the X-ray tube with the selected receptor position.

Triton Travel, Height & Rotation

90 in Longitudinal Travel

The standard Triton configuration provides 90 in (2286 mm) of longitudinal movement along the floor track.

Extended travel configurations are available when the room layout requires additional coverage.

16 to 79 in Tube-Center Height

The standard configuration provides a maximum tube-center height of 79 in (2007 mm) and a minimum tube height of 16 in (406 mm).

A 13.75 in (349 mm) minimum tube-height configuration is also available.

±180° Column & Tube Rotation

The column can rotate 180° in either direction. The X-ray tube also provides ±180° rotation.

Mechanical indexing at 90° positions helps locate common tube orientations, while the display provides tube-angle feedback in one-degree increments.

±5 in Table-Center Travel

The tube stand provides ±5 in (±127 mm) of positioning from table center in each direction, allowing additional tube alignment around the table.

Triton Construction & Tube Configuration

Seamless Column & Serviceable Bearing Races

The Triton uses a seamless column designed to provide a rigid structure for tube positioning.

Hardened, serviceable bearing races provide durable surfaces for the stand’s bearings to travel along.

Counterbalanced Stainless-Steel Cable System

The tube stand uses twin multi-stranded stainless-steel cables within its counterweight system. Ball-bearing construction is used throughout the positioning mechanism to support smooth manual movement.

Positive Vertical Position Lock

A positive vertical lock helps retain the selected tube height during a power interruption.

The stand also uses height and longitudinal position sensors to provide the positioning information used for SID feedback.

Custom Tube Configurations up to 1.5 MHU

Custom Triton configurations support X-ray tubes up to 1.5 million heat units (MHU), giving facilities flexibility to pair the stand with higher-capacity tube assemblies. MHU refers to the X-ray tube’s heat-storage capacity.

This gives the floor-mounted stand additional configuration flexibility when the selected radiography system requires a higher-capacity tube assembly. Optional mounting configurations are also available to accommodate different compatible X-ray tubes.

Copper & Silver Surface Treatment

The squeeze handle features a thin copper and/or silver surface coating for a treated high-touch control surface.

Freestanding Installation

The Triton does not require wall attachment. Its freestanding construction can simplify room alignment and installation compared with tube-positioning equipment that depends on wall-supported mounting.

Durable powder-coated surfaces provide the finished exterior for repeated clinical use. The Triton is made in the USA.

CoRE Labs Halo FMTS Specifications

Model & Configuration

• • Tube stand: Triton / tritonRAD Floor Mount Tube Stand
  • Equipment type: Floor Mount Tube Support (FMTS)
  • Model: 09-000
  • Positioning: manual, fully counterbalanced
  • Installation: freestanding floor-mounted
  • Standard longitudinal travel: 90 in (2286 mm)
  • Extended travel configurations available

Dimensions & Tube Positioning

• • Overall height: 92 in (2337 mm)
  • Minimum distance to wall: 12 in (305 mm)
  • Maximum tube-center height: 79 in (2007 mm)
  • Standard minimum tube height: 16 in (406 mm)
  • Available minimum tube height: 13.75 in (349 mm)
  • Collapsed length from stand: 25 in (635 mm)
  • Travel from table center: ±5 in (±127 mm) each direction
  • Base footprint: 120 × 20 in (3048 × 508 mm)

Rotation & Position Feedback

• • Column rotation: ±180°
  • Tube rotation: ±180°
  • Mechanical tube-position indexing at 90° intervals
  • Tube-angle display: one-degree increments
  • Positive vertical lock
  • Height-position feedback
  • Longitudinal-position feedback
  • Real-time table/Bucky SID display
  • Real-time wall-stand SID display at 90° tube positioning
  • Backlit display
  • Touchscreen operation available

Construction

• • Seamless vertical column
  • Hardened, serviceable bearing races
  • Fully counterbalanced positioning system
  • Twin multi-stranded stainless-steel counterweight cables
  • Ball-bearing construction
  • Durable powder-coated surfaces
  • Copper and/or silver-flashed squeeze handle
  • Made in the USA

Tube Mounting & Available Configurations

• • Custom configurations for X-ray tubes up to 1.5 MHU
  • Optional platform mount
  • Optional port mounting configuration
  • Optional large trunnion tube mount for compatible X-ray tube configurations
  • Custom X-ray tube applications available
  • Extended longitudinal travel available

Electrical Requirements

• • 115/220 VAC
  • 50/60 Hz
  • 5 A
  • Onboard 24 V power for the collimator