Lens Mounts; High Temperature And Mounting - Teledyne Piranha3 User Manual

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4.1 Lens Mounts

Model Number Lens Mount Options
All m od els M72x0.75 thread .

4.2 High Temperature and Mounting

Warning! Depend ing on the m ou nting d esign and the op erating cond itions the cam era bod y cou ld
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becom e hot. You m u st take precau tions to ensu re you r safety and avoid tou ching the cam era d irectly
d u ring operation.
Mounting Instructions and Recommendations
Proper cam era m ou nting ensu res that the heat generated by the cam era d issipates properly and that the
cam era m aintains a safe tem peratu re.
1. The cam era shou ld be bolted tightly to a m ou nt ing plate m ad e of therm ally cond u ctive m aterial (e.g.
Alu m inu m ).
Keep contact area betw een the cam era's front su rface and the m ou nting plate su rface as large as possible.
2.
Do not u se ―stand -off‖ style m ou nting.
3. Design the cam era m ou nting plate so that there is enou gh su rface area to d issip ate heat.
4. Forced air flow to the fins is the m ost effective w ay to cool the cam era. If forced air flow is not available,
then leave enou gh space arou nd the fins so that heat can easily d issip ate into the air by natu ral
convection.
5. The m ou nt setu p plu s the airflow m u st d issip ate 40 Watts or m ore of heat.
6. Proper therm al m ou nting of the cam era shou ld resu lt in an internal cam era tem peratu re < 65 ºC (verify
u sing com m and vt) and a front plate tem peratu re < 50 ºC.
N ote: To avoid internal d am age the cam era au tom atically shu ts d ow n w hen the internal tem peratu re reaches
75 ºC.
The recommendations assume the following conditions:
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The cam era m ou nting plate is equ al to the fu ll cam era m ou nting su rface (as show n) and m axim u m
natu ral convection su rface.
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N o im ped im ents to the natu ral convection space arou nd the su rface of the m ou nting plate and the su rface
of the cam era.
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An environm ent tem peratu re of ap proxim ately 25 ºC.
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Good contact betw een the mou nting plate and the cam era su rface.
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