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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wipe the window carefully and slowly when using these products.
Environment
Operating
Temperature:
0° to 45° C (at front plate)
Storage
Temperature:
-20° to 70° C
Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing (operating)
0% to 95% (storage)
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Technical Specifications
Genie Monochrome Series-GigE Vision Camera
