Removing The Tube Lens And Skimmer (Tsq Quantum Access And Tsq Quantum Ultra) - Thermo Scientific TSQ Series Hardware Manual

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Maintenance
Maintaining the Ion Source Interface Assembly
Removing the Tube Lens and Skimmer (TSQ Quantum Access and TSQ Quantum
Ultra)
You must remove the tube lens and skimmer from the ion source interface assembly before they
can be cleaned.
1. Wearing clean, lint- and powder- free gloves, reach behind the skimmer with your fingers and
2. Place the skimmer on a clean, lint-free surface.
3. Push the tube lens, from the back, out of the contact ring support.
4. Place the tube lens on a clean, lint-free surface.
Contact ring support
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To remove the tube lens and skimmer from the ion source interface assembly
gently press the skimmer out of the contact ring support. If necessary, loosen the set screws.
See Figure 45.
Figure 45. Removing the skimmer and tube lens from the ion source interface cage of the TSQ
Quantum Access and TSQ Quantum Ultra
Skimmer
Tube lens
Ion source interface
cage
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