Agilent 6500 Series Q-TOF LC/MS Maintenance Guide 123
Maintenance 2
To clean the ion optics assembly
To clean the ion optics assembly
When required When the system has difficulty tuning, or when the system has poor
sensitivity.
Tools required • Gloves, clean
• Cloths, clean, lint-free (p/n 05980-60051)
• Beakers, 500 ml, 2 ea
• Tweezers
• Screwdriver, TORX, T-10 (p/n 8710-1623)
• Ball driver, 1.5 mm (p/n 8710-1570)
• Methanol, reagent grade or better
• Isopropanol, reagent grade or better
• Acetone, reagent grade or better
Parts required None
1 Vent the system.
2 Remove the source.
3 Remove the desolvation assembly.
4 Remove the vacuum manifold cover.
5 Unplug all of the ion optics cables so that the ion optics assembly can be
removed. Pay close attention to the orientation of the cables and their
respective locations.
6 Use your finger to push on the skimmer spacer to get the ion optics to pop
out of the instrument. Be careful to catch it so it doesn't fall on the floor.
See Figure 59.
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