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State Level workshop on Repair and Maintenance of Laboratory Instruments 18, 19 December 2007.
Jayant Kirpekar, (Electronics Engineer) Department of Instrumentation Science, University of Pune, Pune 411 007. email jbk@usic.unipune.ernet.in
What is an Instrument?
Tool like a screw driver, Gadget like a remote control for a TV set, Device like a power supply, Apparatus like a distillation plant, Machine like a centrifuge, Mechanism like a rock and pinion type gear Equipment washing machine, OR anything else Then what is laboratory instrument?
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A Laboratory Instrument may have Some thing as an input Input Signal from user
Voltage / Current, Speed, Colour, Light pH / Conductivity . . . . .
Electromechanical
Microscopes, Spectrometer
Input Stage
Processing Signal
Output Display
Information ?
Control Settings
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TEMPERATURE ZERO
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INVERTER
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For effective use and repair/maintenance of an instrument, we mustKnow the instrument. Try to understand the purpose of the instrument. Find out basic blocks of the instrument. What is the relationship of each block with the other? Understand how it is to be operated? Dos and Don'ts with the instrument. Limitations of the instrument. Cost of the instrument? Who may help for the instrument.
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