Installing A Teom Filter - Thermo Scientific 3600 PDM Manual

Basic Operation

Installing a TEOM Filter

Installing a
TEOM Filter
To install a TEOM filter:
Filter change notch
Filter post
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The PDM unit is shipped with a Tapered Element Oscillating
Microbalance (TEOM) filter installed on the tapered element (TE), but the
filter must be changed daily (or with each shift).
1. Clean the exchange tool with canned air or a clean cloth. Use it pick up
a new TEOM filter from the box of filters, so that the filter disk lies
between the fork and the upper tab of the tool, and the hub of the filter
lies between the tines of the fork
with your fingers.
Figure 2–12. Filter tool with clean filter
2. Lightly place the hub of the filter onto the tip of the tapered element,
then slide the tool toward the notch and remove
Figure
Filter
Figure 2–13. Empty mass transducer with filter change notch
Figure 2–14. Placing the filter on the post
2–14).
(Figure 2–12). Do not touch the filter
(Figure 2–13
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