Cleaning Delicate Components - Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 Evo Hardware Manual

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Performing Routine Maintenance

Cleaning Delicate Components

Cleaning Delicate Components
72 TSQ 8000 Evo Hardware Manual
IMPORTANT If there is any doubt about a compatibility of decontamination of cleaning
agents with parts of the equipment or material contained in it, the responsible party must
contact Thermo Fisher Scientific product support personnel
You can ONLY clean the following delicate components inside the vacuum manifold:
• Source-to-ion guide spacers
• Thumbscrew-repeller spacers
• Insulating spacers
• Lens heater block and grounding strap
• Repeller plate
• Lens plate and springs
• Repeller insulator
• Repeller nut
• Repeller spring
• Dynode, electron multiplier and anode feedthroughs (except the o-rings)
• 20-pin feedthrough (except the o-ring)
• 4-pin feedthrough (except the o-ring)
• Filament retaining spring
• Ion guide-quadrupole stabilizer
• Ion guide and quadrupole wires
• Quadrupole rod endcaps
• Inner ball seal
• Sealing ball
• Tray alignment pins
• Vent valve knob (except o-ring)
• Source magnets
• Top (glass) manifold cover
Note Cleaning these components is not part of the expected maintenance.
To clean delicate components of the TSQ 8000 Evo instrument, you will need the following
cleaning supplies:
• Applicators, cotton-tipped
• Deionized water
• Detergent (Alconox, Micro, or equivalent)
• Gas, clean and dry (Nitrogen, Helium or equivalent)
• Gloves, clean, lint- and powder-free, latex or nitrile
• Methanol, reagent grade (or other suitable polar solvent, such as Ethanol)
CAUTION INSTRUMENT DAMAGE: Do NOT use acetone to clean plastic components
or it will damage them. Also, this procedure should not be used on any component
outside the vacuum manifold.
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