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3.3 Coolant Hose Connection and Disconnection (Water Cooled
Models)
CAUTION:
• Before attempting to insert or remove the coolant hose connections, ensure that all coolant has been
drained from the hoses and integral coolant channel within the camera head.
• Care must be taken to avoid permanent damage to the camera system resulting from either leakage
of coolant during connection/removal of hoses or spillage of any residual coolant contained within
the camera head once the hoses have been removed.
• Always ensure that the temperature of the liquid coolant circulated through the camera head is
above the dew point of the camera ambient temperature and humidity conditions. Refer to the Dew
Point graph in
Appendix C
for guidance.
• Use of coolant at or below the dew point can result in permanent damage to the camera head, due
to formation of condensation on internal components.
• Never use damaged, split or worn hoses
.
• In the event that replacement hose inserts/barbs are required, please contact your local Andor
representative.
• Always remove residual coolant from the camera head if the camera is to be stored after operation-
especially if the storage conditions are below the freezing point of the coolant.
• Coolant Hose Connectors:
Two barbed coolant hose inserts (replacement part # MSC-06489) are
supplied as standard, suitable for connection to 6 mm [0.25”] internal diameter soft PVC tubing / hose.
• Recommended tubing
: 10 mm [0.4”] outside diameter, i.e. a wall thickness of 2 mm [0.08”]. Alternative
hose dimensions and materials should be thoroughly tested to ensure a leak tight seal is achieved with
the barbed inserts.
3.3.1 Coolant Recommendations
• Coolant temperature:
Refer to the temperatures specified in Technical Specifications. Note that cooling
performance may be affected by distance between camera head and cooler.
• Recommended coolant
: water or water/glycol mix depending on the ambient environmental temperature during
operation.
De-ionized water (without additives) may be used as the coolant. Some mains supply water is heavily
mineralized (i.e. “Hard”) which could cause deposits in the water circuit inside the camera. This can reduce
the flow-rate and cooling efficiency. The specified cooling performance of the camera can be achieved with
coolant flow rates of 2 litres per minute
, the
maximum recommended pressure of coolant circulating through
the camera head is 2 bar (30 PSI)
.
10 mm
[
0.4”
] Ø OD
2 mm [
0.08”
]
6 mm
[
0.25”
] Ø OD
6 mm
[
0.25”
] Ø ID
Coolant Hose Connector
Coolant Tubing
Barbed end for
connection to
Coolant Tubing
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