Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope

The Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope is a versatile and advanced tool designed for industrial inspection applications. With its interchangeable insertion tubes and light sources, 8-inch touch screen, and advanced imaging features, the IPLEX GX offers optimal balance in terms of versatility, imaging capabilities, and ease of use. This article provides an overview of the key features and benefits of the Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope, its applications, and its impact on the manufacturing and maintenance inspection industry.

Key Features and Benefits

The Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope offers a range of features and benefits that make it a valuable tool for industrial inspection:

• Interchangeable insertion tubes and light sources: The IPLEX GX videoscope allows users to easily switch between different insertion tubes and light sources, making it suitable for a wide range of inspection tasks.
• 8-inch touch screen: The large touch screen provides a user-friendly interface for controlling the videoscope and viewing inspection images.
• Advanced imaging features: The IPLEX GX videoscope has a noise reduction algorithm that enhances image quality, making it easier to locate problems and defects in dark areas.
• High frame rate: The videoscope can capture smooth 60 fps videos, ensuring clear and detailed footage, even when inspecting moving objects.
• Bookmark and constant video recording: Users can record still images and video simultaneously, allowing for easy documentation of inspection findings.
• Powerful measurement functions: The videoscope has scalar measurement as a standard feature, enabling users to size objects using a reference defect. Users can upgrade to the stereo measurement option for more advanced functionality, which allows for sizing objects using precise three-dimensional coordinates.
• Operating environment compliance: The IPLEX GX videoscope meets the strict standards of MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461G tests, ensuring its performance in various operating environments.

Applications

The Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope is suitable for a wide range of manufacturing and maintenance inspection applications, including:

• Automotive: The videoscope is well-suited for inspections in automotive manufacturing, quality control, and research and development. It provides clear images of hard-to-reach areas, eliminating the need for disassembly and saving time during inspections.
• Power generation systems: The IPLEX GX videoscope can be used to inspect various components of power generation systems, such as turbines, boilers, and pipes, ensuring their efficient and reliable operation.
• Aircraft engines: Inspecting aircraft engines is a critical task that requires advanced imaging capabilities and precise measurements. The IPLEX GX videoscope’s features make it an ideal tool for this application.
• Boiler tubes: The IPLEX Long Scope, which is part of the IPLEX series, is specifically designed for inspecting long-reach areas, such as boiler tubes, in power plants and other industrial facilities.
• General manufacturing and maintenance: The versatility of the IPLEX GX videoscope makes it suitable for a wide range of manufacturing and maintenance inspection tasks, such as inspecting equipment, machinery, and components for defects or damage.

Impact on the Industry

• The introduction of the Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope has had a significant impact on the manufacturing and maintenance inspection industry. Its advanced imaging capabilities, user-friendly interface, and versatility have made it a valuable tool for inspectors, allowing them to perform inspections more efficiently and accurately.
• Time and cost savings: The Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope’s ability to capture clear images of hard-to-reach areas without the need for disassembly saves time and reduces the cost of inspections.
• Improved inspection quality: The videoscope’s advanced imaging features, such as its noise reduction algorithm and high frame rate, ensure that inspectors can easily locate problems and defects, even in dark or moving objects.
• Enhanced documentation and reporting: The ability to record still images and video simultaneously, as well as the videoscope’s measurement functions, make it easier for inspectors to document their findings and create reports.
• Increased safety: The Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope’s ability to operate in harsh environments, as demonstrated by its compliance with MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461G tests, ensures the safety of inspectors and the reliability of their inspections.

Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope Specifications:

This Olympus IPLEX GX videoscope comes with different scopes which their specifications are shown in the table below:

Base UNIT

• Weight (with battery): 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs)
  Dimensions (W x D x H): 241 mm × 190 mm × 70 mm (9.5 in. × 7.5 in. × 2.8 in.) (protruding parts not included)
• Dimensions of carrying case: 375 mm × 525 mm × 243 mm (14.8 in. × 20.7 in. × 9.6 in.) (carry-on size on most airlines)
• Display: 8-inch daylight view WVGA LCD with capacity-type touch screen, 5 step adjustable LCD backlight
• Power supply
  • AC power: 100 V to 240 V, 50/60 Hz (with supplied AC adaptor)
  • Battery: 10.8 V nominal, approx.(with supplied battery)
  • Battery operation time: approx. 150 minute
• Video output standard: HDMI Type A, HDMI 1.4
• Headset (microphone in/ audio out: Φ3.5 mm mini plug CTIA
• Live image streaming: Attach the recommended USB wireless LAN adapter to the Type A USB connector
• Scope unit interchangeability: Available for all scope model combinations

SOFTWARE FEATURES

• Image features: 5X digital zoom, 16-step brightness control
• Gain control: 4-step adjustable gain control (Manual, Auto, Wider1, Wider2)
• Dynamic noise reduction: Available
• Sharpness control: 4-step adjustable sharpness control
• Saturation control: 3-mode adjustable control of color saturation (Monotone, Natural, Vivid)
• Display text options: 30-character title display
• Note text options: 30-character title display, mark, free drawing
• Image display functions: Live image can be inverted to right and left, inverted to up and down, and rotated 180 degrees

RECORDING MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

• Recording media:
  • Normal: SDHC (with supplied SDHC）
  • Constant Video: microSDHC (using the recommended parts; set the constant video function to ON)
• Internal Memory: Available (only the still images are recorded)
• Overlay: Zoom, Brightness, Date/Time, Title, Optical Tip Adaptor, OLYMPUS logo, and system setting
• Thumbnail image display: Recorded images can be displayed as thumbnails
• Still image recording:
  • Resolution: H768 x V576（Pixel）
  • Recording format: Compressed JPEG format
• Video recording:
  • Resolution: H768 x V576（Pixel）
  • Recording format: MPEG 4 AVC/H.264 Conforms to baseline profile; Windows Media Player 12 compatible
• Frame rate: 60 fps / 30 fps

MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS

• Scalar measurement: Using reference length to measure object length

STEREO MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS

• Distance: Distance between two points
• Point-to-line: Perpendicular distance between a point and a user-defined line
• Depth: Orthogonal depth/height distance between a point and a user-defined plane
• Area/Lines: Multiple point circumference and area measurement

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

• Operating temperature:
  • Insertion tube:
    • -In air: -25 °C to 100 °C (-13 °F to 212 °F)
    • -In water: 10 °C to 30 °C (50 °F to 86 °F)
  • Other parts:
    • -In air : -15 °C to 48 °C (5 °F to 118.4 °F) (with Li-ion battery)
    • -In air : 0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F) (with AC power adapter)
• Relative humidity: 15 to 90 % (relative humidity)
• Liquid resistance: Operable when exposed to machine oil, light oil or 5 % saline solution
• Dustproofing and waterproofing
  • Insertion tube:
    • Operable under water with viewing tip adaptor attached
    • Not operable under water with stereo measurement tip adaptors
    • IV94 series – up to an equivalent to 3.5 m (11.5 ft) in depth
    • IV96 series – up to an equivalent to 10 m (32.9 ft) in depth
  • Other parts: IP65; not operable under water　(battery cover and others must be closed)

MIL-STD COMPLIANCE

• Vibration: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 514.7, Procedure I (general vibration test)
• Shock: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 516.7　Procedure IV (transit drop test)
• Water Resistance: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 506.6, Procedure I (rain and blowing rain test)
• Humidity: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 507.6, Procedure II (aggravated cycle)
• Salt Fog: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 509.6
• Sand and Dust: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 510.6, Procedure I (blowing dust test)
• Icing/Freezing Rain: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 521.4
• Explosive Atmosphere: MIL-STD-810G, METHOD 511.6, Procedure I (operation in an explosive atmosphere test)
• Electromagnetic Interference (EMI): MIL-STD-461G, RS103 above decks