Some Measurements Of Acceptable Levels Of Vibration In Scientific, Medical And Ophthalmic Microscopes

Michael E. House; Richard Randell

doi:10.1117/12.937909

26 August 1987 Some Measurements Of Acceptable Levels Of Vibration In Scientific, Medical And Ophthalmic Microscopes

Michael E. House, Richard Randell

Proceedings Volume 0732, 1st Intl Conf on Vibration Control in Optics and Metrology; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937909
Event: 1st International Conference on Vibrational Control in Optics and Metrology, 1987, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

There is as yet no accepted standard for the vibration limits of scientific, medical and surgical microscopes. In order to service recent consultancy contracts, the Wolfson Unit for Noise and Vibration Control (WUNVC) has found it necessary to deliberately vibrate such instruments in a controlled manner over a range of frequencies and levels in order to obtain a subjective assessment of acceptability from the operator. Several examples of these ad hoc experiments are presented and compared to other research findings for vibrating displays as a tentative contribution to the development of acceptable standards.

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Michael E. House and Richard Randell "Some Measurements Of Acceptable Levels Of Vibration In Scientific, Medical And Ophthalmic Microscopes", Proc. SPIE 0732, 1st Intl Conf on Vibration Control in Optics and Metrology, (26 August 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937909

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