Cleaning Durable Components - Thermo Scientific TSQ 9000 Hardware Manual

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Performing Routine Maintenance

Cleaning Durable Components

Cleaning Durable Components
88 TSQ 9000 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 durable components inside the vacuum manifold:
• Repeller
• Ion volume
• Lens 1
• Lens 2
• Lens 3/RF lens
• Removable electron lens (part of Advanced EI source)
• Ion cartridge sleeve
• Heat shield for the source interface board
• Screws
Note You only need to clean the repeller, ion volume and all the lenses (except for the
quad entrance lens) the most frequently. Cleaning the other components are not part of
the expected maintenance.
To clean durable components of the TSQ 9000 instrument, you will need the following
cleaning supplies:
• Acetone, reagent grade (or other suitable polar solvent)
• Aluminum oxide abrasive powder, number 600
• Applicators, cotton-tipped
• Beaker
• Deionized water
• Detergent (Alconox, Micro, or equivalent)
• Dremel rotary tool or equivalent (recommended)
• Forceps
• Gas, clean and dry (Nitrogen, Helium or equivalent)
• Gloves, clean, lint- and powder-free, latex or nitrile
• Glycerol, reagent grade
• Toothbrush
• Cotton swab with wood handle
• Razor blade
• Ultrasonic cleaner
WARNING MATERIAL AND EYE HAZARD: Wear impermeable laboratory gloves and eye
protection when cleaning components.
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