Maintenance Schedule For The Summit Spectrometer; Weekly Maintenance; Verify The Spectrometer Performance; Clean The Spectrometer - Thermo Scientific Nicolet Summit User Manual

Maintenance Schedule for the Summit Spectrometer

Weekly Maintenance

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Your Thermo Scientific™ Nicolet™ Summit FTIR Spectrometer requires little upkeep and no
daily maintenance. However, basic care will ensure continued peak performance. Follow the
guidelines in this article. For best performance, leave the spectrometer powered on.
NOTICE Static electricity can permanently damage critical components in your
spectrometer. To help prevent such damage, follow these recommendations:
• Before you disconnect the power supply, discharge any static electricity you may have
accumulated by touching the spectrometer's metal base.
• Leave replacement parts in their protective packaging until you are ready to install
them in the instrument.

Verify the Spectrometer Performance

The OMNIC Paradigm software includes qualification and performance verification (PV)
workflows for your Summit spectrometer. The qualification workflows are standard
industry-wide qualification tests you most likely recognize (for example, European
Pharmacopoeia, Japanese Pharmacopoeia, etc.). The PV workflow runs a series of standard
tests to verify instrument operation and ensure the accuracy of your data. Any required
reference standards are supplied inside the instrument and controlled by the OMNIC
Paradigm software.
We recommend that you run the PV workflow or your preferred qualification workflow at
least once a week. For more information, see the article titled
Spectrometer" in the online help.

Clean the Spectrometer

The spectrometer and touchscreen can be cleaned only as recommended. See the article titled
"Clean the Spectrometer and Touchscreen" in the online help for details.
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