12. Service
Note:
Our policy is to pro
vide support for product aer obsolescence through various opons
including maintenance, repair, enhancement and replacement. Support will be available
for several years aer product obsolescence and in compliance with any applicable
legislaon. We will always undertake appropriate acons to ensure support is
maintained and, where support is no longer possible, will ensure this is communicated to
all aected customers with a suitable noce period.
Our products, spares and accessories are available from our companies in Belgium,
Brazil, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore, United Kingdom,
U.S.A and a world-wide network of distributors. The majority of these centres employ
Service Engineers who have undergone our comprehensive training courses.
Order spare parts and accessories from our nearest company or distributor. When
ordering, state for each part required:
▪ Model and Item Number of the equipment
▪ Serial number
▪ Item Number and descripon of part.
Our products are supported by a world-wide network of our Service Centres. Each
Service Centre oers a wide range of opons including: equipment decontaminaon;
service exchange; repair; rebuild and tesng to factory specicaons. Equipment which
has been serviced, repaired or rebuilt is returned with a full warranty.
The local Service Centres can also provide our engineers to support on-site
maintenance, service or repair of equipment. For more informaon about service
opons, contact our nearest Service Centre or the company.
12.1 Return the equipment or components for service
Before you send your equipment to us for service or for any other reason, you must send
us a completed Declaraon of Contaminaon of Vacuum Equipment and Components –
Form HS2. The HS2 form tells us if any substances found in the equipment are
hazardous, which is important for the safety of our employees and all other people
involved in the service of your equipment. The hazard informaon also lets us select the
correct procedures to service your equipment.
We provide instrucons for compleng the form in the Declaraon of Contaminaon of
Vacuum equipment and Components – Procedure HS1.
If you are returning a vacuum pump, note the following:
▪ If a pump is con
gured to suit the applicaon, make a record of the conguraon
before returning the pump. All replacement pumps will be supplied with default
factory sengs.
▪ Do not return a pump with accessories ed. Remove all accessories and retain
them for future use.
▪ The instrucon in the returns procedure to drain all uids does not apply to the
lubricant in pump oil reservoirs.
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