Terms and Conditions
We would like to express our appreciation for your purchase and use of Azbil Corporation's products.
You are required to acknowledge and agree upon the following terms and conditions for your purchase of Azbil Corporation's
products (system products, field instruments, control valves, and control products), unless otherwise stated in any separate
document, including, without limitation, estimation sheets, written agreements, catalogs, specifications and instruction manuals.
1. Warranty period and warranty scope
1.1 Warranty period
Azbil Corporation's products shall be warranted for one (1) year from the date of your purchase of the said products or
the delivery of the said products to a place designated by you.
In the case of products that Azbil Corporation has repaired for a fee, the repaired part only shall be warranted for three (3)
months from the time of delivery to the location designated by the customer.
1.2 Warranty scope
In the event that Azbil Corporation's product has any failure attributable to azbil during the aforementioned warranty
period, Azbil Corporation shall, without charge, deliver a replacement for the said product to the place where you
purchased, or repair the said product and deliver it to the aforementioned place.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure falling under one of the following shall not be covered under this warranty:
(1) Failure caused by your improper use of azbil product
(noncompliance with conditions, environment of use, precautions, etc. set forth in catalogs, specifications,
instruction manuals, etc.);
(2) Failure caused for other reasons than Azbil Corporation's product;
(3) Failure caused by any modification or repair made by any person other than Azbil Corporation or Azbil
Corporation's subcontractors;
(4) Failure caused by your use of Azbil Corporation's product in a manner not conforming to the intended usage of
that product;
(5) Failure that the state-of-the-art at the time of Azbil Corporation's shipment did not allow Azbil Corporation to
predict; or
(6) Failure that arose from any reason not attributable to Azbil Corporation, including, without limitation, acts of God,
disasters, and actions taken by a third party.
Please note that the term "warranty" as used herein refers to equipment-only-warranty, and Azbil Corporation shall not
be liable for any damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with or
arising out of Azbil Corporation's products.
2. Ascertainment of suitability
You are required to ascertain the suitability of Azbil Corporation's product in case of your use of the same with your
machinery, equipment, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Equipment") on your own responsibility, taking the following
matters into consideration:
(1) Regulations and standards or laws that your Equipment is to comply with.
(2) Examples of application described in any documents provided by Azbil Corporation are for your reference
purpose only, and you are required to check the functions and safety of your Equipment prior to your use.
(3) Measures to be taken to secure the required level of the reliability and safety of your Equipment in your use
Although azbil is constantly making efforts to improve the quality and reliability of Azbil Corporation's
products, there exists a possibility that parts and machinery may break down.
You are required to provide your Equipment with safety design such as fool-proof design, *1 and fail-safe
design*2 (anti-flame propagation design, etc.), whereby preventing any occurrence of physical injuries, fires,
significant damage, and so forth. Furthermore, fault avoidance, *3 fault tolerance,*4 or the like should be
incorporated so that the said Equipment can satisfy the level of reliability and safety required for your use.
*1. A design that is safe even if the user makes an error.
*2. A design that is safe even if the device fails.
*3. Avoidance of device failure by using highly reliable components, etc.
*4. The use of redundancy.
3. Precautions and restrictions on application
Azbil Corporation's products other than those explicitly specified as applicable (e.g. azbil Limit Switch For Nuclear Energy)
shall not be used in a nuclear energy controlled area (radiation controlled area).
Any Azbil Corporation's products shall not be used for/with medical equipment.
The products are for industrial use. Do not allow general consumers to install or use any Azbil Corporation's product.
However, azbil products can be incorporated into products used by general consumers. If you intend to use a product for
that purpose, please contact one of our sales representatives.
In addition,
you are required to conduct a consultation with our sales representative and understand detail specifications, cautions
for operation, and so forth by reference to catalogs, specifications, instruction manual, etc. in case that you intend to use
azbil product for any purposes specified in (1) through (6) below.
Moreover, you are required to provide your Equipment with fool-proof design, fail-safe design, anti-flame propagation
design, fault avoidance, fault tolerance, and other kinds of protection/safety circuit design on your own responsibility to
ensure reliability and safety, whereby preventing problems caused by failure or nonconformity.
(1) For use under such conditions or in such environments as not stated in technical documents, including catalogs,
specification, and instruction manuals
(2) For use of specific purposes, such as:
* Nuclear energy/radiation related facilities
[For use outside nuclear energy controlled areas] [For use of Azbil Corporation's Limit Switch For Nuclear
Energy]
* Machinery or equipment for space/sea bottom
