Shimadzu iMScope TRIO Pre-Installation

Shimadzu iMScope TRIO Pre-Installation

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ZEBV-5084A
Imaging Mass Microscope
iMScope TRIO
Pre-Installation Requirements
(Installation Preparations/Confirmation)

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  • Page 1 ZEBV-5084A Imaging Mass Microscope iMScope TRIO Pre-Installation Requirements (Installation Preparations/Confirmation)...
  • Page 2 Notice (1) All rights are reserved, including those to reproduce this manual or parts thereof in any form without permission in writing from Shimadzu Corporation. Copyright 2014 Shimadzu Corporation (2) Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.5.3 General precautions ............9 2.5.4 Precautions when using high pressure gas cylinder ..10 2.6 Exhaust ................. 10 2.7 Other items to be prepared ............. 11 3.Customer pre-check list ········································· 14 4.Remarks ······························································ 19 ......... 19 About making your samples for iMScope TRIO...
  • Page 4 These Pre-Installation Requirements describe prior preparation required at the customer’s site in order to facilitate installation of the iMScope TRIO. Please make sure that the content of this document is carefully observed to ensure that the instrument function stably, providing data acquisition with a high degree of...
  • Page 5: 2. Installation Conditions

    ZEBV-5084A 2. Installation Conditions Be sure to read the installation precautions described below to keep the instrument stable and obtain reliable acquisition results. Also, follow the precautions given in the Safety Precautions of the instruction manual that came with the instrument. 2.1 Carry-in route The instrument can be moved because there are six casters on the instrument underside.
  • Page 6  Install the PC within 0.6 m from the iMScope TRIO.  As the iMScope TRIO unit weights 900 kg, install on a floor that is able to stand load capacities of 900 kg in weight or more.  An additional space of 60cm or more is needed behind and to the right-hand side of the iMScope TRIO.
  • Page 7: Ambient Requirements

    The iMScope TRIO unit uses AC230V, 20A, 50/60Hz (single phase) and AC100 V, 15 A, 50/60 Hz (single phase). Avoid sharing power source with other equipment.  A cable terminal supplying AC230V to the iMScope TRIO must be connected to a circuit breaker or to a power outlet using 3-point power plug. (Refer Fig3.)
  • Page 8 If power supplies of the above specifications are not available, alterations to room power supply capacity will be necessary. Required power supplies for each unit of the iMScope TRIO system are shown in Table 2. Table2 required power supplies for each unit...
  • Page 9: Gas

    To protective earth Fig.5 How to install the step-down transformer, TBX-1.5KKV 2.5 Gas Nitrogen gas (N ) and argon gas (Ar) are used for iMScope TRIO. Purities and pressures for each gas are as follows: Table3. Gas purities and pressures Pressure supplied...
  • Page 10 1 pc Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd. *The number 221-35999-01 refers to the Shimadzu Corporation part number. <Piping between pressure regulator and iMScope TRIO> The following gas supply tubes are available from Shimadzu. Please specify when ordering. Part number Description Remarks...
  • Page 11: Argon Gas

    If using a cylinder, please use 5m or shorter pipes in general carrier gas piping. If gas supply lines are long, the prescribed gas pressure may not be supplied to the iMScope TRIO due to pipe resistance. It is furthermore necessary to raise the cylinder’s secondary pressure higher than the prescribed pressure so as to ensure prescribed pressure for the iMScope TRIO.
  • Page 12: Exhaust

    < The parts which are require for the exhaust from a rotary pump> The following options for the exhaust gas from the rotary pump are available from Shimadzu. Please specify when ordering. Part number...
  • Page 13: Other Items To Be Prepared

    If the customer requested to use a sample prepared by the customer during lectures, read “4.2 About making your samples for iMScope TRIO” before preparing. Preparing multiple glass slides with sections on them is useful for practicing the spray coating.
  • Page 14 ZEBV-5084A slide. Use a glass slide with conductive surface. Recommended product : SIGMA-ARDRICH, 578274-25P (Pack of 25 slides) Air duster This is necessary for removing dust when introducing the sample to the instrument. Use the one that does not emit any liquid.
  • Page 15: 3.Customer Pre-Check List

    (DD) The sheets on the following pages are a checklist for each of the installation conditions that have been described in this document. Please fill out the checklist yourself and pass it on to the appropriate personnel at Shimadzu. Customer:...
  • Page 16 ZEBV-5084A Required item (* refers to Shimadzu Item Condition Check part number) 1.Carry-in ・ The instrument must be movable in route the building. ・ (If using a crane) Sufficient space on □ the carry-in route, the stopping place of the crane, and the carry-in entrance to the building is available.
  • Page 17 ZEBV-5084A Required item (* refers to Shimadzu Item Condition Check part number) Power capacity ・ For iMScope ・AC230V 20A 50/60Hz ・Step down transformer : STEP-DOWN TRIO *Avoid sharing power source with TRANSFORMER other equipment. 1.5KVA AC100V 15A 50/60Hz P/N 225-25315-41...
  • Page 18 ZEBV-5084A Required item (* refers to Shimadzu Item Condition Check part number) ・ Distance from ・Must be within 5m from the center ・ Securing means such gas supply sour of instrument rear. (Use 5m pipes.) as a gas cylinder holder...
  • Page 19 ZEBV-5084A Required item (* refers to Shimadzu Item Condition Check part number) required to connect the above two ・ A set of Postrun PCs. Please choose a length of the Analysis PC LAN cable depending on placement PC (1pc.) of the PC.
  • Page 20: 4.Remarks

    (a) Back and Front of the Slide glass The slide glass to use in the iMScope TRIO is thing called ITO glass. One side of the ITO-glass is coated with Indium TinOxide to make it conductive. Prepare a commercial ITO coated glass slide (26 × 76 mm, 1.0-1.2 mm thick, e.g.ALDRICH #578274).
  • Page 21 ZEBV-5084A (e) Others If you wish to use embedding agent, we recommend 2% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) in water. The typical resin agent such as OCT (Optimal Cutting Temperature) compound causes sensitivity decline because the polymer adherents to the sections. If you cannot avoid using OCT, we ask you to make sections outside the OCT as well.

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