Preventative Maintenance

ON-SITE SERVICE

All of our on-site services are followed by rigorous management of your equipment. Each device is listed and assessed according to its general condition. We provide a certificate attesting to our service and a one-year warranty.

SERVICE AT SFM'S WORKSHOP

The repair of your equipment in our workshops is carried out on the basis of a prior estimate. We receive your equipment in our workshop for appraisal, and provide you with a detailed estimate as soon as possible.

Maintenance Procedures

OBSERVATION TUBES (binocular):

  • Dismantling the unit (cover, etc.)
  • Lens cleaning and inspection
  • Cleaning and lubricating mechanical movements.
  • Check inter-pupillary distances and optical path alignment: convergence, rotation with LNE-approved test pattern.
  • Parfocality adjustment with LNE-approved test pattern.

STAND:

  • Cleaning, control of focusing movements.

EYEPIECES:

  • Cleaning of lenses (disassembly if possible) and reticles, lubrication of helical movement (depending on model).

LENSES:

  • Cleaning of front and rear lenses.

LIGHTING:

  • Clean lamp housing and check correct operation. Filament centering (depending on model).

FINAL INSPECTION WITH AN LNE-APPROVED TEST PATTERN

Removal of microscope components:

STAND:

  • Cleaning, micrometric and macrometric movement control, field iris control (depending on model).

EYEPIECES:

  • Cleaning of outer lenses and reticles, greasing of helical movement (depending on model).

LENSES:

  • Cleaning of front and rear lenses.

PLATINE :

  • Cleaning and control of X and Y movements.

CONDENSER

  • Lens cleaning, field and aperture iris control, Koehler adjustment (depending on model)

LIGHTING:

  • Clean lamp housing and optical assembly. Filament centering (depending on model).

ILLUMINATOR

  • Cleaning and checking field and aperture diaphragms. Control of light shutters.

OBSERVATION TUBES

  • Cleaning and checking of control knobs. Check inter-pupillary distances and optical path alignment.

FINAL INSPECTION WITH AN LNE-APPROVED TEST PATTERN

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