Maintenance And Disposal; Routine Cleaning And Care - Primotech MAT Instruction Manual

7 Maintenance and Disposal | 7.1 Routine Cleaning and Care
Cleaning the Optical Surfaces To clean the external optical surfaces of components:
Procedure 1
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7 Maintenance and Disposal

7.1 Routine Cleaning and Care

The maintenance to be carried out by the customer is limited to the following
activities:
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Cleaning the external optical surfaces of the following components
– Objectives and eyepieces
– Condenser
– Polarizers/analyzers and compensators
– All other glass surfaces
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Cleaning all other surfaces
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Do not clean the internal optical surfaces. Touching or cleaning these surfaces
may lead to serious damage to the optical system.
Switch the device off completely and pull the mains plug.
2 Remove the component from the microscope or move the stage so that the
component can be accessed.
For a list of components that can be removed and the corresponding
instructions, see Disassembling the Microscope [} 47].
3 Gently rub the optical surfaces with an optical cleaning cloth dipped in an
optical cleaning solution (mixture of 85% petroleum ether and 15%
isopropanol).
– Rub the surfaces in a circular motion from the center outwards.
– To avoid scratches, do not use dry lens paper or a dry cloth.
– Make sure that no fluid enters the system.
4 Once the optical surfaces have dried, reinsert the component into the
microscope.
For more information, see Assembling the Microscope [} 15].
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