128 Agilent 6500 Series Q-TOF LC/MS Maintenance Guide
2Maintenance
To clean the ion optics assembly
12 Remove Lens 1.
13 Pull the octopole out of the skimmer spacer. The octopole is now ready to be
sonicated. There should be no further disassembly of the octopole.
14 Take the entire octopole assembly and place it in a beaker of high purity
isopropanol. Sonicate for 5 minutes. Pour out the isopropanol and refill the
beaker with 100% acetone. Sonicate for another 5 minutes. Pour out the
acetone and refill with 100% methanol. Sonicate for another 5 minutes.
15 Place Skimmer, Lens 1 and Lens 2 in a beaker of high purity isopropanol.
Sonicate for 5 minutes. Pour out the isopropanol and refill the beaker with
100% acetone. Sonicate for another 5 minutes. Pour out the acetone and
refill with 100% methanol. Sonicate for another 5 minutes. The skimmers
and lenses can be wiped with lint-free cloth with solvent (methanol).
Figure 66 Spacer insulator
Figure 67 Octopole assembly
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