Cleaning The Sensor Window - Dalsa Genie Nano-5G Series User Manual

Cleaning the Sensor Window

Even with careful handling, the sensor window may need cleaning. The following steps describe
various cleaning techniques to clean minor dust particles to accidental finger touches.
• Use compressed air to blow off loose particles. This step alone is usually sufficient to clean the
sensor window. Avoid moving or shaking the compressed air container and use short bursts of
air while moving the camera in the air stream. Agitating the container will cause condensation
to form in the air stream. Long air bursts will chill the sensor window causing more
condensation. Condensation, even when left to dry naturally, will deposit more particles on the
sensor.
• When compressed air cannot clean the sensor, Teledyne DALSA recommends using lint-free
ESD-safe cloth wipers that do not contain particles that can scratch the window. The Anticon
Gold 9"x 9" wiper made by Milliken is both ESD safe and suitable for class 100 environments.
Another ESD acceptable wiper is the TX4025 from Texwipe.
• An alternative to ESD-safe cloth wipers is Transplex swabs that have desirable ESD properties.
There are several varieties available from Texwipe. Do not use regular cotton swabs, since
these can introduce static charge to the window surface.
• Wipe the window carefully and slowly when using these products.
Ruggedized Cable Accessories
Teledyne DALSA provides optional I/O cable assemblies for Genie Nano-5G. Users wishing to build
their I/O cabling by starting from available cable packages should consider these popular
assemblies described below. Contact Sales for pricing and delivery.
Users also may order cable assembly quantities directly from Alysium-Tech or Components
Express. In such cases use the manufacturer's part number shown on the cable assembly
engineering drawing.
Cable Manufactures Contact Information
For Information
contact:
(see their web site for
worldwide offices)
For Information
contact:
(see their web site for
worldwide offices)
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Alysium-Tech
101 Montgomery Street, Suite 2050
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415 248 7807
Fax: 415 248 7800
https://www.alysium.com/
Components Express, Inc. (CEI)
10330 Argonne Woods Drive, Suite 100
Woodridge, IL 60517-4995
Phone: 630-257-0605 / 800.578.6695 (outside Illinois)
Fax: 630-257-0603
http://www.componentsexpress.com/
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