Heska Element DC5X - Cleaning Air Filters

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6.1 Periodic Maintenance Items
6.1.1 Items for daily and periodic inspection by the user
Users must perform the daily and periodic maintenance and replacement of parts in the following table.
Location Cleaning Interval Inspection Interval Replacement Interval Procedure
Air filter Once a month. - - Refer to Section 6.2
Transfer bar
Once every 3 months if inaccurate test
results occur, or if slide transfer error.
- - Refer to Section 6.3
Incubator
Once every 3 months or if inaccurate
test results occur.
- - Refer to Section 6.3
Spotting part
Once every 3 months along with
the incubator and ISE unit or if slide
transfer error or contamination with
sample occurs.
- - Refer to Section 6.3
ISE unit
Once every 3 months if inaccurate test
results occur.
- - Refer to Section 6.3
Slide reading
section
Once every 3 months or if frequent
reading errors occur.
- - Refer to Section 6.7
Sampler O-ring -
Perform leak check
procedure every 3 months.
- Refer to Section 6.6
Recording paper - -
Appearance of red lines on both
sides of paper.
Refer to Section 6.4
Light source lamp - -
When a photometer gain setting
error occurs or the lamp's
cumulative illumination time
exceeds 1,000 hours.
Refer to Section 6.5
Reference fluid cap
packing
When replacing reference fluid. - If it becomes cracked. Refer to Section 6.8
6.2 Cleaning the Air Filters
The air filters should be checked and cleaned once a month.
IMPORTANT
If the air filters are not cleaned, an increase in the temperature inside the
analyzer may negatively affect the measurement values.
NOTE: Clean all 4 filters.
1. Switch off the analyzer power.
Louver
Louver
1
2
Louver
Louver
1
2
2. Remove the four louvers and pull out the air filters located inside
of the louvers. Lift the louver upward #1, then pull forward #2 to
remove.