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New Inspection and Preventative Maintenance (PM) Procedure for "Lamp Housing"
for Microscopes or Inspection equipment
Thank you for choosing Olympus for your needs. As you may know, Olympus, among many
other manufacturers, offers a wide breadth of products equipped with illumination
devices, such as "lamp housings", for microscopes, imaging systems, and inspection
equipment. These lamp housings are typically sold as accessories. Olympus takes
great pride in assuring the quality of the products we offer and in support of this
philosophy, we recommend a new inspection and preventative maintenance procedure
for all lamp housings.
Product lifetime of any illumination device can be affected by various usage conditions
(i.e., ambient temperature, humidity, power supply voltage, illumination time period,
etc.), including usage over prolonged periods of time. As a guideline, we consider
either 8 years of 8- hour/day usage or 20,000 illumination hours, whichever occurs
first, as the typical life of a lamp housing. (This does not constitute the warranty
period.)
During the lifetime of your illumination device, it is recommended that users visually
inspect the lamp housing and perform the attached preventative maintenance (PM)
procedure on a regular basis and every time the lamp is changed. If any signs of
smoke are noted during use, immediately turn off the unit and call for service.
(We have no concerns or reports of a fire hazard or exposure to electrical shocks
due to smoke from a lamp housing, but this should be an alert for immediate service
repair.)
We do strongly recommend performing the Inspection and PM procedures according to
the attached "Check Sheet for Illumination Devices (Lamp Housings)". We
encourage you to make this part of your maintenance best practices to reduce or
eliminate downtime and maintain safe operation.
Note: The above are some examples of lamp housing units. You may encounter various
other models not shown here. Any illumination device should be inspected regularly,
even if it is not shown here.
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
This table can be downloaded as PDF file.
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Preventive Inspection Sheet for Illumination Devices (Lamp Housings)
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Study the instruction manual as well before inspection.
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We recommend performing "Preventive Inspections" periodically (every time you replace
lamps and/or at least once every 6 months).
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The table below identifies the check items to be observed. Put (X) if not
applicable or (v) if applicable.
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If there are any check marks (v) noted, immediately stop
use of the product, and seek service or replacement for the illumination
device(s).
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If you detect an abnormality other than listed below with your illumination device
or other Olympus product, request inspection from your Olympus distributor.
If you have any questions, please contact your Olympus distributor.
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Check results
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Safety Check items
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1 |
More than 8 years have passed after purchase, or exceeds 20,000
hours of use.
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2 |
Lamp does not light sometimes, even though the power is on. (Except discharge
burners*1.)
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Light flickers when you move a lamp cable*² or illumination devices.
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Lamp cable*² is unusually hot to the touch.
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Burning or smoke odor.
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Light still flickers after new lamp replacement. (Except discharge burners*¹)
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Signs of deformation, backlash, or looseness, etc. when you assemble/disassemble
the illumination device.
(I.e. It is hard to open/ close the lid during lamp-replacement.)
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8 |
Connection terminals*3 or a lamp installation terminal*4 have become
discolored or tarnished on the right or left side. (Except discharge burners*¹)
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Illumination device/ housing has become deformed, cracked or tarnished
in any way.
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Lamp cables*² or wiring parts have become deformed, cracked or tarnished
in any way.
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Frequent repairs to similar devices put into use at the same time as
the unit being checked.
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* If the spaces are not enough for Safety Check, copy this sheet.
*1 Discharge burners: Mercury burner / xenon burner / metal halide burner
*2 Example of a lamp cable (Other models may not be shown here.)
*3 Example of connection terminals (Other models may not be shown here)
*4 Example of lamp installation terminal (Other models may not be shown here)
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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