Maintenance Procedures - Waters Xevo G2-XS QTof Overview And Maintenance Manual

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Maintenance Procedures

This chapter provides the maintenance guidelines and procedures
necessary to maintain the instrument's performance.
Keep to a maintenance schedule, and perform maintenance as required
and described in this chapter.
Contents:
Topic Page
Maintenance schedule ..................................................................... 93
Spare parts ....................................................................................... 95
Troubleshooting with Connections INSIGHT ................................ 96
Safety and handling ......................................................................... 97
Preparing the instrument for working on the source .................... 99
Removing and refitting the source enclosure ................................. 100
Installing and removing the corona pin.......................................... 103
Operating the source isolation valve............................................... 107
Removing O-rings and seals ............................................................ 110
Cleaning the instrument case ......................................................... 111
Emptying the nitrogen exhaust-trap bottle.................................... 112
Maintaining the roughing pump ..................................................... 115
Maintaining the Oerlikon Leybold oil-filled roughing pump......... 115
Cleaning the source components..................................................... 127
Cleaning the sampling cone assembly ............................................ 128
Cleaning the ion block assembly ..................................................... 138
Cleaning the StepWave ion guide assembly................................... 152
Replacing the ESI probe tip and gasket ......................................... 171
Replacing the ESI probe sample capillary...................................... 175
Cleaning the IonSABRE II probe tip .............................................. 184
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