Setting Up The Instrument; Installation Site Requirements; Installing The Instrument - Leica ST5020 Instructions For Use Manual

4.

Setting up the instrument

4.1 Installation site requirements

• Stable, exactly horizontal laboratory bench
with even surface of a minimum width of
1.60 m and minimum depth of 0.80 m.
• Tap water supply located a maximum of
2.50 m and waste water drain pipe a maxi-
mum of 2.00 m away from the correspond-
ing in-/outlets at the rear panel of the instru-
ment.
• If the instrument is to be operated with air
evacuation hose, a fume cupboard at a dis-
tance of maximum 3.50 m from the instru-
ment is required.
Alternative: operation with activated carbon
filter.
• Sufficient space (approx. 0.90 m) above the
laboratory bench for opening / closing the
instrument lid without any problem.

4.2 Installing the instrument

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• Virtually vibration-free floor.
• Stable ambient temperature between +10 °C
and +40 °C.
• Relative air humidity of maximum 80 %, non-
condensing.
• Do not place near instruments which might
be sources of vibration.
• To lift, grip the instrument by the carrying
handles (1,
• Place the instrument onto the bench.
• Unscrew the carrying handles (remove
screws (2) with Allen key, size 6.0) and store
1
2
away.
• Pull off plastic cover.
• Check whether all accessories have been
Fig. 5
delivered as per your order.
The chemicals to be used in the
Leica ST5020 are both flammable and
noxious. The instrument must be set
up in a well ventilated area, free from
any ignition sources.
Do not operate the instrument in
rooms with explosion hazard.
Fig. 5).
Four people are required to lift and/
or carry the instrument, as the instru-
ment weighs a total of approx. 95 kg.
Instructions for Use, V2.0, RevG - 07/2016